Protestant
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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).
substantivo
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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).
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históricoA 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.
Etimologia
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *trito-sth₂-o-s Proto-Italic *tristos Latin *terstis Latin testis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -o Latin testor Latin prōtestārīlbor. French protesterbor. German protestieren Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Middle High German -ant German -ant German Protestantbor. ▲ French protester ▲ Old French -ant French -ant ▲ German Protestantinflu. French protestantbor. English Protestant Borrowed from either German Protestant or French protestant, one likely reinforced by the other; equivalent to protest + -ant.
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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.
For reasons to do with the predominantly Lutheran rather than Calvinist heritage (and to some extent with the postwar division of Germany which hived off the more Protestant East), the participation of Protestants in the CDU has been small.
Formas
- plural
- Protestants
- comparativo
- more Protestant
- superlativo
- most Protestant
Protestant · A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences…
protesting · Protestation.protocol · An amendment to an official treaty.prototype · An original form or object which is a basis for other forms…