protestant

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism (synset 302963959)
    "Protestant churches"; "a Protestant denomination"
    referred to in: faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
  2. Protesting (synset 300516100)
    similar to: complaining, complaintive - expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment
Noun
  1. An adherent of Protestantism (synset 109698712)
    is a type of: christian - a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
    subtypes:
    • wasp, white anglo-saxon protestant - a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
    • anabaptist - adherent of Anabaptism
    • christian scientist - a member of the Protestant church founded in the United States by Mary Baker Eddy
    • baptist - follower of Baptistic doctrines
    • congregationalist - a member of the Congregational Church
    • chapelgoer, nonconformist - a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England
    • anglican - a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism
    • episcopalian - a member of the Episcopal church
    • fundamentalist - a supporter of fundamentalism
    • jehovah's witness - believer in imminent approach of the millennium; practitioner of active evangelism
    • latter-day saint, mormon - a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
    • methodist - a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church
    • orangeman - a member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereign
    • pentecostal, pentecostalist - any member of a Pentecostal religious body
    • presbyterian - a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church
    • puritan - a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
    belongs to: protestant, protestant church - the Protestant churches and denominations collectively
  2. The Protestant churches and denominations collectively (synset 108104536)
    associated with: mass - (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
    is a type of: christian church, church - one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
    subtypes: pentecostal religion - any fundamentalist Protestant Church that uses revivalistic methods to achieve experiences comparable to the Pentecostal experiences of the first Christian disciples
    member holonym:
    same as: protestant church

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