Meaning of PROTESTANT
| Pronunciation: | | 'prâtistunt
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- [n] the Protestant churches and denominations collectively
- [n] an adherent of Protestantism
- [adj] making a protest
- [adj] (religion) of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism; "Protestant churches"; "a Protestant denomination"
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| | Synonyms: | | complaining(a), complaintive, Protestant Church, protesting(a) |
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| | See Also: | | Anabaptist, Anglican, Baptist, chapelgoer, Christian, Christian church, Christian Scientist, church, Congregationalist, Episcopalian, fundamentalist, Jehovah's Witness, Latter-day Saint, Methodist, Mormon, Nonconformist, Pentecostal, Pentecostal religion, Pentecostalist, Plain People, Presbyterian, Protestant, Protestant, Protestant Church, Protestant denomination, WASP, Wesleyan, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant | |
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\Prot"es*tant\, n. [F. protestant, fr. L. protestans,
-antis, p. pr. of protestare. See {Protest}, v.]
One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered
to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn
declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles
V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers,
and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular
sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the
Roman Catholic or the Greek Church.
\Prot"es*tant\, a. [Cf. F. protestant.]
1. Making a protest; protesting.
2. Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those
Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic
Church; as, Protestant writers.
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