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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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