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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