Definitions for Protestantˈprɒt ə stənt or, for 4,6 , prəˈtɛs tənt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Prot•es•tantˈprɒt ə stənt or, for 4,6 , prəˈtɛs tənt(n.)
any Western Christian not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church.
Category: Religion
any of the German princes who protested against the decision of the Diet of Speyer in 1529, which had denounced the Reformation.
Category: Religion
(l.c.) a person who protests.
(adj.)belonging or pertaining to Protestants or their religion.
Category: Religion
(l.c.) protesting.
Origin of Protestant:
1530–40; < G or F, for L prōtestantēs, pl. of prp. of prōtestārī to bear public witness. See protest , -ant
Princeton's WordNet
Protestant(noun)
an adherent of Protestantism
Protestant Church, Protestant(adj)
the Protestant churches and denominations collectively
Protestant(adj)
of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism
"Protestant churches"; "a Protestant denomination"
protestant(adj)
protesting
Wiktionary
Protestant(ProperNoun)
Any of several denominations of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation.
Protestant(ProperNoun)
Someone who is a member of such a denomination.
Protestant(ProperNoun)
A modern Christian denomination not belonging to the Catholic or Orthodox traditions.
Webster Dictionary
Protestant(u)
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(adj)
making a protest; protesting
Protestant(adj)
of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers
Translations for Protestant
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
Protestant(adjective)
(a member) of any of the Christian churches that separated from the Roman Catholic church at or after the Reformation.
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- بروتستانتArabic
- ПротестантBulgarian
- protestantePortuguese (BR)
- protestant, -kaCzech
- der/die Protestant(in)German
- protestantDanish
- προτεστάντηςGreek
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- פּרוֹטסטַנטHebrew
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- protestánsHungarian
- ProtestanIndonesian
- mótmælandi (sem aðhyllist mótmælendatrú)Icelandic
- protestanteItalian
- プロテスタントJapanese
- 신교도Korean
- protestantasLithuanian
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- پروتستانPersian
- پروتستانPashto
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- протестантRussian
- protestant, -kaSlovak
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- protestantSerbian
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- ผู้นับถือนิกายโปรเตสแตนต์Thai
- ProtestanTurkish
- (基督教)新教徒的，新教的Chinese (Trad.)
- протестантUkrainian
- عيسائيت کا ايک فرقہ، پروٹسٹنٹUrdu
- người theo đạo Tin lànhVietnamese
- 新教（徒）的Chinese (Simp.)
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