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Protestant
Pronunciation : Prot"es*tant
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. protestant, fr. L. protestans, -antis, p. pr. of protestare. See Protest, v.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Prot"es*tant
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Cf. F. protestant.]
Definition : 1. Making a protest; protesting.
2. Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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