PROTESTANTS
\pɹˈɒtɪstənts], \pɹˈɒtɪstənts], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_t_ɪ_s_t_ə_n_t_s]\
Definitions of PROTESTANTS
Sort: Oldest first
-
Those who adhered to the doctrine of Luther; so called because, in 1529, they protested against a decree of the emperor Charles V. and of the diet of Spires, and declared that they appealed to a general council. The name is now applied indiscriminately to all the sects, of whatever denomination, who have seceded from the Church of Rome. Enc. Lond. See Hale v. Everett, 53 N. II. 9. 10 Am. Rep. 82; Appeal of Tappan, 52 Conn. 413.
By Henry Campbell Black
-
[L.] (Eccl. Hist.) Properly those who, in 1529, protested against an edict of the Diet, at Spires, which postponed the settlement of religious differences to the meeting of a General Council at some indefinite time. The P. insisted that the General Council should be summoned at once. Hence.
-
[L.] generally, those who protest against the doctrines or discipline of the Latin Church.
By Henry Percy Smith
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].