Protestant
['prɒtɪstənt] or ['prɑtɪstənt]
Definition
(noun.) an adherent of Protestantism.
(adj.) protesting .
(adj.) of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism; 'Protestant churches'; 'a Protestant denomination' .
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Definition
(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.
(a.) Making a protest; protesting.
(a.) 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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Examples
- Practically the National Assembly wanted at one blow to make the church in France Protestant, in organization if not in doctrine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Britain was producing a great industrial population, Protestant or sceptical; she had agricultural labourers indeed, but no peasants. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Princes of the Protestant countries when they seized upon the national churches early apprehended the necessity of gripping the universities also. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was under Charles that the Protestant doctrines that now prevailed in Germany spread into the Netherlands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I am a Protestant: I will not bear that kind of discipline: Monsieur, I _will not_. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mr. Giles, are you a Protestant? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The Irish Catholics had made a massacre of the Protestant English in Ireland, and now Cromwell suppressed the Irish insurrection with great vigour. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The poor girls were tutored to report in Catholic ears whatever the Protestant teacher said. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They formed a Protestant community in necessary permanent conflict with the Catholic remainder of Ireland. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His Most Catholic Majesty of France hesitated as little as any Protestant. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He inquired, not unkindlywhy, being a Protestant, I came to him? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A pensionnaire, to whom I had rendered some little service, exclaimed one day as she sat beside me: Mademoiselle, what a pity you are a Protestant! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I'm a Protestant--our church does not forbid divorce in such cases. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The people were often bitterly Protestant. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The patent starts out with the motto: Defending King George, your Country, and Lawes, Is defending Yourselves and Protestant Cause. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- When the massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Eve deluged France with the blood of Protestants Catherine saw that Palissy was spared from the general destruction. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And yet when was the time that such have not cried out: heart-broken, humble protestants, unheard in the uproar of the triumph! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They became Protestants as the struggle grew in bitterness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is a difference of theory and belief on this point amongst Protestants as amongst other sects, I answered. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Protestants are rarely superstitious; these morbid fancies will not beset _you? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The great nobles were not at first Protestants. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They knew we were foreigners and Protestants, and not likely to feel admiration or much friendliness toward them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He could see in me nothing Christian: like many other Protestants, I revelled in the pride and self-will of paganism. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The Reformation had made many Protestants in that part of France, and Palissy was one of them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The English silk manufacture, for instance, was founded by French Protestants. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Ulster Protestants were treated little better than the Catholics in these matters, and they were the chief of the rebels. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mademoiselle, do you Protestants believe in the supernatural? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But shall we imitate idolatrous papists, we that are enlightened Protestants? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The strong arm of England also intervened to protect the Protestants in the south of France, who were being hunted to death by the Duke of Savoy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The education of the next generation of Protestants was broken up, and the parents had to give Catholic instruction or none. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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