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IPA transcription: ['luθɚən]
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Noun
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follower of Lutheranism
Adjective
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of or pertaining to Martin Luther or his teachings
“the Lutheran doctrine of justification by faith alone”
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of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of the Protestant Church adhering to the views of Luther
“Lutheran doctrines”
Usage examples
- Luther Preparatory School is the oldest Lutheran high school in the United States.
- It was named for Lutheran pastor Henry Muhlenberg, who is on the township seal.
- The first logo was the Lutheran Rose, cut from a book by Erickson.
- In Lutheran churches it can be liberal Protestant, pietist, confessional Lutheran, or evangelical Catholic.
- L. William Youngdahl, his white Lutheran parishioners and black Lutheran parishioners in the community.
- Neo-Lutheranism itself contained differing camps.
- It is associated with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
- Jon Scott was born in Denver, Colorado, and graduated from Denver Lutheran High School.
- She and her family were Lutherans.
- The town was originally named Berlin; many of the early inhabitants were German Lutherans.