PROTESTANT
\pɹˈɒtɪstənt], \pɹˈɒtɪstənt], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_t_ɪ_s_t_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of PROTESTANT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the Protestant churches and denominations collectively
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an adherent of Protestantism
By Princeton University
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the Protestant churches and denominations collectively
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an adherent of Protestantism
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Making a protest; protesting.
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Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers.
By Oddity Software
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Protester.
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One who declares an opinion opposing those generally accepted.
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Declaring an opposing opinion: Protestant.
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A member of any Christian church other than the Greek or Roman Catholic.
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Pertaining to such churches or their members.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Protester.
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Protesting: pertaining to the faith of those who protest against the Church of Rome.
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(orig.) One of those who, in 1529, protested against an edict of Charles V. and the Diet of Spires: one who protests against the Church of Rome.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Protesting; pertaining to Protestants or to Protestantism.
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One who protests; specially one who protests, in the name of the rights of conscience, against the authority, in matters spiritual, claimed by the Church of Rome; one of the party who adhered to Luther at the Reformation, and in 1529 protested, at the Diet of Spires, against a decree of the Emperor Charles V.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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One who adhered to Luther in 1529 when he made a solemn declaration of dissent from a decree of Charles V. and the Diet of Spires; a name applied to all Christian denominations that differ from the Church of Rome-restricted to those sprung from the Reformation.
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Of or relating to Protestants, or their doctrines or forms of religion.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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