PROTESTANT Definition & Meaning

Protestant

[prot-uh-stuhnt, pruh-tes-tuhnt]

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noun

any Western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church.
an adherent of any of those Christian bodies that separated from the Church of Rome during the Reformation, or of any group descended from them, usually excluding the Anabaptists.
(originally) any of the German princes who protested against the decision of the Diet of Speyer in 1529, which had denounced the Reformation.
protestant, a person who protests.

adjective

belonging or relating to Protestants or their religion.
protestant. protesting.

Protestant

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noun

1. an adherent of Protestantism
2. ( as modifier )
  the Protestant Church

Protestant

A Christian belonging to one of the three great divisions of Christianity (the other two are the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church). Protestantism began during the Renaissance as a protest against the established (Roman Catholic) church (see also established church). That protest, led by Martin Luther, was called the Reformation, because it sprang from a desire to reform the church and cleanse it of corruption, such as the selling of indulgences.

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Protestants hold a great variety of beliefs, but they are united in rejecting the authority of the pope. Protestant groups include the Amish, the Anglican Communion, the Assemblies of God, the Baptists, Christian Science, the Congregationalists, the Lutheran Church, the Mennonites, the Methodists, the Presbyterian Church, and the Quakers.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

anti-Protestant adjective
non-Protestant adjective
pro-Protestant adjective
unprotestant adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Protestant¹

First recorded in 1530–40; from French or German, from Latin ��ō�ٱ��ٲ��Գ�ŧ�� “bearing public witness,” plural of present participle of ��ō�ٱ��ī “to bear public witness”; protest

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But white Catholics and white non-evangelical Protestants have supported Trump every time he has been on the ballot.

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I could give you a very long-winded response to that, but I think the shortest way to say is that the word "protest" is in the word "Protestant."

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Some Protestant churches, he believes, mainly cater for women.

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In the 1870s, Annie became more ambitious and set up a fake charity to establish a Protestant school for girls in Rome - a heartland of the Catholic faith.

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All of the messaging we get, it’s like deep in our American culture, this Protestant denial of your physical self and hard work.

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protest Protestant Episcopal Church

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