protestant
prot.es.tant \'pra:t-*s-t*nt, 2 is also pr*-'tes-\ \'pra:t-*s-t*nt-.iz-*m\
n [MF, fr. L protestant-, protestans, prp. of protestari] cap 1a: one of a
group of German princes and cities presenting a defense of fre edom of
conscience against an edict of the Diet of Spires in 1529 intended to
suppress the Lutheran movement 1b: a member or adherent of one of the
Christian churches deriving from the Reformation and affirming
justification by faith, the priesthood of all believers, and the primacy of
the Bible 1c: a Christian not of a Catholic or Eastern church 2: one who
makes or enters a protest often cap - prot.estant aj