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Diet of Worms

Proper noun

Meaning

Diet of Worms

A diet (a council or assembly) held in Worms, Germany in 1521.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The 1522 Diet of Nuremberg This Diet has become known mostly for the reaction of the papacy to the decision made on Luther at the Diet of Worms the previous year. Source: Internet

Throughout his life he remained one of Luther's most determined supporters; he was with him at the Leipzig conference (1519), and the Diet of Worms (1521); and was privy to the secret of his Wartburg seclusion. Source: Internet

Our focus, like Luther’s, need be to live “convinced by the testimony of the holy scriptures” (as he famously confessed in 1521 at the Diet of Worms) in all of our actions and beliefs. Source: Internet

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