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protestant |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Protestant \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Protestant \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Protestant adj 1: (religion) of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism; "Protestant churches"; "a Protestant denomination" [syn: {Protestant}] 2: making a protest [syn: {protesting(a)}] n 1: an adherent of Protestantism [syn: {Protestant}] 2: the Protestant churches and denominations collectively [syn: {Protestant Church}, {Protestant}]
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