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Protestant

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Protestant
Protestant Prot"es*tant, n. [F. protestant, fr. L. protestans, -antis, p. pr. of protestare. See {Protest}, v.] 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. [1913 Webster]

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  • Protestant — Prot es*tant, a. [Cf. F. protestant.] 1. Making a protest; protesting. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • protestant — 1> рел. протестант; протестантка 2> рел. протестантский …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

  • protestant — 1> тот, кто протестует, протестующий 2> протестующий …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

  • Protestant — Protestant, ein der Protestantischen Kirche (s.d.) Angehöriger …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Protestant — Protestantisme Sobriété : le petit temple de Waldersbach, l ancienne paroisse du pasteur Oberlin. Le protestantisme regroupe l ensemble des courants religieux chrétiens issus du catholicisme qui prennent naissance en Europe lors de la… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • protestant — I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Latin protestant , protestans, present participle of protestari Date: 1539 1. capitalized a. any of a group of German princes and cities presenting a defense of freedom of conscience against an edict of the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • PROTESTANT — ANTE. s. Nom qui a été donné d abord aux luthériens, et qu on a étendu depuis aux calvinistes et à ceux qui suivent la religion anglicane. Les protestants d Allemagne. Les opinions des protestants. Il a épousé une protestante.   Il est aussi… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • Protestant — /prot euh steuhnt/ or, for 4, 6, /preuh tes teuhnt/, n. 1. any Western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church. 2. an adherent of any of those Christian bodies that separated from the Church of Rome during the… …   Universalium

  • Protestant — ˈprɔtɪstənt 1. сущ.; рел. протестант 2. прил.; рел. протестантский (религия) протестант; протестантка (религия) протестантский Protestant рел. протестант протестантский …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

  • protestant — тот, кто протестует, протестующий протестующий …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

Фильмы

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