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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

Protestantism

noun: the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Protestantism \Prot"es*tant*ism\, noun [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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