About The Word Protestant
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Protestant
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What's The Definition Of Protestant?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Protestant: complaining(a) | complaintive | Protestant Church | protesting(a) Related Terms | Find terms related to Protestant: 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 Protestant In Webster's Dictionary \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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