Protestantnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈprɒt.ɪ.stənt/us/ˈprɑː.t̬ɪ.stənt/a member of the parts of the Christian Church that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the 16th century
Examples
- Protestants and Catholics attend the same schools here.
- He was a supporter of the Protestant church.
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Religious people: followers of religious groups
- Adventist
- Anglican
- Baptist
- born-again
- Calvinist
- get religion idiom
- guru
- Hare Krishna
- Hindu
- hot-gospeller
- non-sectarian
- nonconformist
- pantheism
- papist
- Parsi
- puritan
- Sunni
- televangelism
- yogi
- Zionism
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Protestantadjective
uk/ˈprɒt.ɪ.stənt/us/ˈprɑː.t̬ə.stənt/of or relating to these parts of the Christian Church:
a Protestant minister
the Protestant work ethic
the belief that work is valuable as an activity, as well as for what it produces
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Religious people: followers of religious groups
- Adventist
- Anglican
- Baptist
- born-again
- Calvinist
- get religion idiom
- guru
- Hare Krishna
- Hindu
- hot-gospeller
- non-sectarian
- nonconformist
- pantheism
- papist
- Parsi
- puritan
- Sunni
- televangelism
- yogi
- Zionism
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Religious beliefs & atheistic beliefs
Protestantism
noun [ U ] uk/ˈprɒt.ɪ.stən.tɪ.zəm/us/ˈprɑː.t̬ə.stən.tɪ.zəm/