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How to pronounce protestant

IPA transcription: [p'ɹɑtəstənt]

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Noun

  • an adherent of Protestantism

  • the Protestant churches and denominations collectively

Adjective

  • of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism

    “Protestant churches”

    “a Protestant denomination”

Adjective

  • protesting

Usage examples

  • A Protestant, Murphy had a fanatical hatred of Roman Catholics.
  • During the Protestant Reformation, church music in general was hotly debated.
  • Protestant iconoclasts at this time destroyed statues, pictures, stained glass, and artistic masterpieces.
  • Spain was compelled to recognise the Protestant monarchy in England.
  • Ervine was a Protestant and identified himself as both Irish and British.
  • Protestantism, including Anglicanism, came to North America, Australia-Pacific and some African locales.
  • Unlike the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Protestant Church rejected the use of bishops.
  • The other church in the town belongs to the Protestants, Czech Brothers.
  • In Lutheran churches it can be liberal Protestant, pietist, confessional Lutheran, or evangelical Catholic.
  • Protestant and left-wing ministers strongly opposed the Movement faction.