Definition of protestant Protestant
/pɹɑˈtʌstʌnt/ - [pratustunt] - Prot•es•tant
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| protestant - an adherent of Protestantism | ||
| christian a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination | ||
| protestant church, protestant the Protestant churches and denominations collectively | ||
| white anglo-saxon protestant, wasp social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting | ||
| anabaptist adherent of Anabaptism | ||
| christian scientist a member of the Protestant church founded in the United States by Mary Baker Eddy | ||
| baptist follower of Baptistic doctrines | ||
| congregationalist a member of the Congregational Church | ||
| chapelgoer, nonconformist someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct | ||
| anglican a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism | ||
| episcopalian a member of the Episcopal church | ||
| fundamentalist a supporter of fundamentalism | ||
| jehovah's witness believer in imminent approach of the millennium; practitioner of active evangelism | ||
| latter-day saint, mormon a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | ||
| methodist a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church | ||
| orangeman a member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereign | ||
| pentecostal, pentecostalist any member of a Pentecostal religious body | ||
| presbyterian a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church | ||
| protestant - the Protestant churches and denominations collectively | ||
| Protestant Church, Protestant | ||
| christian church, church a Protestant church that accepts the Bible as the only source of true Christian faith and practices baptism by immersion | ||
| pentecostal religion any fundamentalist Protestant Church that uses revivalistic methods to achieve experiences comparable to the Pentecostal experiences of the first Christian disciples | ||
| protestant denomination group of Protestant congregations | ||
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| protestant - protesting | ||
| complaining, complaintive expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment; "a complaining boss" | ||
| protestant - of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism; "Protestant churches"; "a Protestant denomination" | ||
| religious belief, religion, faith a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" | ||
| protestant an adherent of Protestantism | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- protestant (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. - protestant (a.)
Making a protest; protesting. - protestant (a.)
Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers.
