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Protestant
" I was a careless Protestant, my wife was a good Catholic, and we had six kids in seven years and I'd endorse that to everyone."
Lindsay Fox

Meaning of "Protestant" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PROTESTANT

ˈprɒtɪstənt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROTESTANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Protestant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROTESTANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Protestantism

Protestantism is a religious movement that encompasses forms of Christian faith and practice that originated with doctrines and religious, political, and ecclesiological impulses of the Protestant Reformation, against what they considered the errors of the Roman Catholic Church. The term refers to the letter of protestation by Lutheran princes against the decision of the Diet of Speyer in 1529, which reaffirmed the edict of the Diet of Worms condemning the teachings of Martin Luther as heresy. The Protestant movement has its origins in present-day Germany and is popularly considered to have begun in 1517 when Luther published The Ninety-Five Theses as a reaction against medieval doctrines and practices, especially with regard to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology. The various Protestant denominations share a rejection of the universal authority of the pope and generally deny the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, although they disagree among themselves about the doctrine of Christ's presence in the Eucharist.

Definition of Protestant in the English dictionary

The definition of Protestant in the dictionary is an adherent of Protestantism.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROTESTANT

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROTESTANT

Proterozoic · protervity · protest · protest demonstration · protest march · protest vote · Protestant Episcopal Church · Protestant work ethic · Protestantism · protestation · protester · protestingly · Proteus · Proteus syndrome

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROTESTANT

Boltzmann constant · care assistant · chief assistant · consultant · crease-resistant · dielectric constant · gas constant · gravitational constant · learning support assistant · on the instant · personal assistant · Planck constant · Planck´s constant · research assistant · sales assistant · shock resistant · shop assistant · stain resistant · teaching assistant · time constant · water-resistant

Synonyms and antonyms of Protestant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Protestant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROTESTANT

Find out the translation of Protestant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Protestant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Protestant» in English.
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新教的
1,325 millions of speakers
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protestante
570 millions of speakers
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English

Protestant
510 millions of speakers
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प्रोटेस्टेंट
380 millions of speakers
ar

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بِرُوتِسْتَانْتِي
280 millions of speakers
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протестантский
278 millions of speakers
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protestante
270 millions of speakers
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আপত্তিকারী
260 millions of speakers
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protestant
220 millions of speakers
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Protestan
190 millions of speakers
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protestantisch
180 millions of speakers
ja

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プロテスタントの
130 millions of speakers
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신교도의
85 millions of speakers
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Protestan
85 millions of speakers
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Thuộc Đạo Tin lành
80 millions of speakers
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புராட்டஸ்டன்ட்
75 millions of speakers
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प्रोटेस्टंट
75 millions of speakers
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Protestan
70 millions of speakers
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protestante
65 millions of speakers
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protestancki
50 millions of speakers
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протестантський
40 millions of speakers
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protestant
30 millions of speakers
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προτεσταντικός
15 millions of speakers
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Protestantse
14 millions of speakers
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protestantisk
10 millions of speakers
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protestantisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Protestant

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROTESTANT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of Protestant
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Protestant

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10 QUOTES WITH «PROTESTANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Protestant.
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Pierre Bayle
I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done.
2
Tony Blair
My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she was a Protestant from Ireland but wasn't especially religious.
3
John Bright
As you know, I am neither Roman Catholic, Protestant Episcopalian, nor Presbyterian, nor am I an Irishman.
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Elvis Costello
I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.
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Kevin DeYoung
As a pastor in a Protestant church, my whole ministry centers on the conviction that by grace we are saved through faith. And it's not our faith that delivers us, as if believing something, anything at all were pleasing to God. It's the object of our faith - Christ's life, death, and resurrection - that saves us.
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Kevin DeYoung
At the heart of the Protestant faith is the conviction that there is nothing we contribute to our salvation but our sin, no merit we bring but Christ's, and nothing necessary for justification except faith alone.
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Kevin DeYoung
A catechism is simply a tool for teaching the fundamentals of the faith. Unlike a creed or confession, a catechism uses questions and answers. Many Protestant confessional traditions, like Lutherans, Presbyterians, and Reformed, have used catechisms for centuries. Initially, most catechisms were intended for children.
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Andy Dick
I grew up Presbyterian, just a basic Protestant upbringing. There were years in my life when I would go to church every Sunday and to Sunday school. Then I just phased out of it.
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Geoffrey Fisher
I hope that by going to visit the pope I have enabled everybody to see that the words Catholic and Protestant, as ordinarily used, are completely out of date. They are almost always used now purely for propaganda purposes. That is why so much trouble is caused by them.
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Lindsay Fox
I was a careless Protestant, my wife was a good Catholic, and we had six kids in seven years and I'd endorse that to everyone.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROTESTANT»

Discover the use of Protestant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Protestant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Against the Protestant Gnostics
Calling for the restoration of a dialectical faith and practice, the book points to positive ways of restoring health to endangered Protestant churches.
Philip J. Lee
2
Protestant, Catholic, Jew: An Essay in American Religious ...
"The most honored discussion of American religion in mid-twentieth century times is Will Herberg's Protestant-Catholic-Jew. . . . [It] spoke precisely to the mid-century condition and speaks in still applicable ways to the American ...
Will Herberg, 2012
3
A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants ...
The immigrants listed in this book were protestant refugees from Europe who came to South Carolina on the encouragement of an Act passed by the General Assembly of the Colony on July 25, 1761, called the Bounty Act.
‎1939
4
Protestant Worship: Traditions in Transition
Drawing on years of teaching experience, James F. White provides a unique, comprehensive overview of Protestant worship by examining the origins, development, and present characteristics of various Protestant groups.
James F. White, 1989
5
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
For the first time in 70 years, a new translation of Max Weber's classic The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism --one of the seminal works in sociology-- published in September 2001.
Max Weber, Stephen Kalberg, 2001
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Protestant Politics: Jacob Sturm (1489-1553) and the German ...
Protestant Politics is a new treatment of religion and politics in the German Reformation, ca. 1520 to 1550. It is based on the career of a leading urban politician, Jacob Sturm (1489-1553) of Strasbourg.
Thomas A. Brady, 1995
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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: and Other ...
This is the first English translation of the 1905 German text and the first volume to include Weber's unexpurgated responses to his critics, which reveal important developments in and clarifications of Weber's argument.
Max Weber, Peter Baehr, Gordon C. Wells, 2002
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Protestant Reformati
Analyzes the origins of the Reformation, the teachings of the reformers and the movement's impact on the sixteenth century
Hans J. Hillerbrand, 1968
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Exploring Protestant Traditions: An Invitation to ...
This is a book that seeks to receive rather than evaluate, to listen and understand rather than judge or correct.
W. David Buschart, 2009
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Religion Versus Empire?: British Protestant Missionaries and ...
This is the only book that addresses the relations between religion, Protestant missions, and empire building, linking together all three fields of study by taking as its starting point the early eighteenth century Anglican initiatives in ...
Andrew Porter, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROTESTANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Protestant is used in the context of the following news items.
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10 Belfast police hurt in riot over blocked Protestant march
DUBLIN (AP) — At least 10 police officers have been injured in nighttime Belfast riots after the British territory's main Protestant brotherhood was blocked from ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
2
Compared with other Christian groups, evangelicals' dropoff is less …
Number of Evangelical Protestants Growing Unlike some other groups of Christians in the U.S., evangelical Protestants have not declined much as a share of ... «Pew Research Center, May 15»
3
America's Changing Religious Landscape
The drop in the Christian share of the population has been driven mainly by declines among mainline Protestants and Catholics. Each of those large religious ... «Pew Research Center's Religion and Public Life Project, May 15»
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Chinese Province Bans Christian Rooftop Crosses on Catholic and …
The Chinese province of Zhejiang is set to ban all rooftop crosses from Protestant and Catholic churches, and has already removed hundreds of such crosses ... «Christian Post, May 15»
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Most American Mainline Protestants Embrace Gay Marriage
(RNS) With the largest Presbyterian denomination's official endorsement Tuesday (March 17), American mainline Protestants have solidified their support for ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
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Stunning sculpture symbolically burnt as symbol of Northern Ireland …
The 72 foot tall structure, akin to a Buddhist temple, has drawn in 5,000 Catholics and Protestants a day who have walked together to adorn the statue with ... «Express.co.uk, Mar 15»
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Northern Ireland leaders strike deal to save Catholic-Protestant
Northern Ireland leaders reached agreement to sustain their troubled Catholic-Protestant government Tuesday following all-night Belfast talks that reduced ... «CBC.ca, Dec 14»
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For Northern Ireland, Wounds From 'The Troubles' Are Still Raw
Violent Protestant paramilitary groups fought back. And even though ... Many Protestants say they don't know Catholics personally, and vice-versa. "It's always ... «NPR, Nov 14»
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Adams insults Protestant party in N. Ireland govt
DUBLIN (AP) — Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has insulted the main Protestant party in Northern Ireland, reflecting a surge in tensions in their 7-year-old unity ... «Daily Mail, Nov 14»
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More Latin America Catholics Are Leaving The Church For …
The survey confirmed a trend that has been taking place for decades: More Latin American Catholics are leaving their faith to join Protestant churches. «International Business Times, Nov 14»
REFERENCE
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