Amana Church Society: Meaning and Definition of

A•man'a Church' Soci"ety

Pronunciation: (u-man'u), [key]
  1. a religious group founded in Germany in 1714, moved to New York State in 1843, and then to Iowa in 1855, where its villages have flourished as cooperative corporations since 1932.
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