 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Protestant
adjective
1: of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism; "Protestant
churches"; "a Protestant denomination"
2: making a protest [syn: {protesting(a)}]
noun
1: an adherent of Protestantism
2: the Protestant churches and denominations collectively [syn:
{Protestant Church}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Protestant \Prot"es*tant\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Protestant \Prot"es*tant\, adjective [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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