protestant

protestant is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as verb, adjective, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. verb. 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.
2. adjective. Making a protest; protesting.
3. adjective. Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers.
4. noun. the Protestant churches and denominations collectively
5. noun. an adherent of Protestantism
6. adjective. protesting
7. adjective. of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism

   "Protestant churches"

   "a Protestant denomination"

Common word forms

protestants, protestantly, protestantize

Words from these letters

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