protestant

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Alternative letter-case form of Protestant.

   • a protestant effort
   • protestant work ethic
2. 2

   Protesting.

   • He cut his Psychology once or twice, nor could he succeed, during office hours, in keeping his mind on office-routine. His superiors became impatient and then protestant.
   • Her sense of desolation, the knowledge that for some reason, God alone knew why, she loved him, made her for a moment protestant. Why not ? Why shouldn’t I write to him?
3. 3

   One who protests

   One who protests; a protester.

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   1. 4

      A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman…

      A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation (or in some cases later).

   2. 5

      A member of the Church of England or Church of Ireland, as distinct from Protestant…

      A member of the Church of England or Church of Ireland, as distinct from Protestant nonconformists or dissenters.

      • To unite the whole people of Ireland; to abolish the memory of all past dissensions; and to substitute the common name of Irishman in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic, and Dissenter—these were my means.
      • MR. SEXTON said, he had always understood that the difference between Protestants and Presbyterians was not a difference of creed, but as to episcopacy and practice.
   3. 6

      Of or pertaining to several denominations of Christianity that separated from the Roman…

      Of or pertaining to several denominations of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation.

      • It is not perhaps too much to say, that a more harmonious, a more decorous, a more loyal, a more Protestant, a more Christian meeting, never took place within the walls of our ancient city.
      • To make this perfectly clear, we shall contrast a few of the most Protestant with a few of the most Roman Catholic counties.

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