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 Meaning of PROTESTANTISM
| Pronunciation: |  | 'prâtistun`tizum 
 
 |  |  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  the theological system of any of the churches of Western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | Anabaptism, Anglicanism, Arminianism, Baptistic doctrine, Calvinism, Christian religion, Christian Science, Christianity, Congregationalism, evangelicalism, fundamentalism, Lutheranism, Mennonitism, Methodism, Mormonism, pentecostalism, Presbyterianism, Puritanism, Trinitarianism, Unitarianism, Wesleyanism, Wesleyism |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | \Prot"es*tant*ism\, n. [Cf. F. protestantisme.]
The quality or state of being protestant, especially against
the Roman Catholic Church; the principles or religion of the
Protestants.
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