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