Protestant
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˈprɒtɪstənt/
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protestante
- The Coalition is basically an evangelical Protestant group that tries to convey an image of ecumenicity.
- Protestant church
- Protestant denomination
- Protestant doctrine
So she converted, she was Protestant when she met him, yes.
- So she converted, she was Protestant when she met him, yes.
- He was the head of, of the, you know, the Protestant confederation, but they've been crushed.
- It resonated with a certain kind of person, right, Mostly Protestant, mostly the New England area.
- Is it a history of Protestant theologian Reinhold Neuber?
- You know, very common traditional thing, pre Protestant tradition that even some Protestants do as well.
- He says our holy religion, meaning Christianity, meaning Protestant Christianity, is founded on faith, not reason.
- It's changed to Burden by Calvin Burden, who has a Huguenot Protestant wife and friends.
- So that idea of believe in yourself, set your goals, keep believing in yourself is still based on a lingering ghost of the Protestant past.
- But, you know, on the other hand, there is that DNA, uh, in, in, in, in the Protestant culture that was, that was the founding fathers of Irish republicanism.
- Because what happened in the Protestant Reformation was that various.
- And and Martin Luther congealed all of that with his theses, which formalized the beginning of the break for the Protestant Reformation.
- And with that, the we had the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther called the printing press God's highest act of grace.
- I called them liberal Protestant secularists.
Examples
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"Americans who believe in the Protestant ethic are said to possess a childlike faith in individualism."
Academic text (1990) -
One in five were Irish, although these were mostly Protestant, as were the English.
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But of course, outside the church, in a Protestant house, no mass could be said.
Fiction book (1996) -
Folks work hard, go to Protestant churches, and earn what they have.
Fiction book (1996) -
There's a small Protestant mission on the other side of the mountain.
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I'd like to propose a toast to the Protestant cause.
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Fears for the safety of the Protestant religion greatly increased during the early years of Charles' reign.
Academic text (2011) -
For this reason, most Protestant churches relied on land transfers to acquire lots.
Academic text (1999) -
Not only did the streets separate the Protestant and Catholic parts of the city, but now a parade celebrating this religious divide was to be our backdrop.
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In many areas, the Protestant community plays a significant role in social justice initiatives.
Compounds
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Churches that split from the Catholic Church and follow Christian teachings different from Catholic ones
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6.0
A group of Protestant churches that share the same beliefs and practices
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6.5
A 16th-century movement that changes the Roman Catholic Church and leads to new Christian churches
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A white person with British family background who follows Protestant Christianity and is often from a socially important group
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4.9
A belief that hard work, discipline, and saving money are morally good, often linked to Protestant Christianity
A Christian church in the United States that comes from the Church of England
A member of a Protestant church who helps the minister with services and visits sick people
- Slur
A church member who seems showy and more focused on appearance than religion
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Protestant comes from the Latin word protestari, which means 'to say publicly' or 'to protest'. In the 1500s groups who publicly protested the Catholic Church formed new churches, so Protestant is used for things related to those churches.