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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024Prot•es•tant /ˈprɑtəstənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religionany Western Christian not a follower of the Roman Catholic Church.
adj. - Religionof, relating to, or belonging to Protestants or their religion:a Protestant hymnal.
Prot•es•tant•ism, n. [uncountable]See -test-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Prot•es•tant•ism (prot′ə stən tiz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - Religionthe religion of Protestants.
- Religionthe Protestant churches collectively.
- Religionadherence to Protestant principles.
- Protestant + -ism 1640–50
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Prot•es•tant (prot′ə stənt or, for 4, 6, prə tes′tənt),USA pronunciation n. - Religionany Western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church.
- Religionan adherent of any of those Christian bodies that separated from the Church of Rome during the Reformation, or of any group descended from them.
- Religion(originally) any of the German princes who protested against the decision of the Diet of Speyer in 1529, which had denounced the Reformation.
- (l.c.) a person who protests.
adj. - Religionbelonging or pertaining to Protestants or their religion.
- (l.c.) protesting.
- German or French, for Latin prōtestantēs, plural of present participle of prōtestārī to bear public witness. See protest, -ant
- 1530–40
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Protestantism /ˈprɒtɪstənˌtɪzəm/ n - the religion or religious system of any of the Churches of Western Christendom that are separated from the Roman Catholic Church and adhere substantially to principles established by Luther, Calvin, etc, in the Reformation
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