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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