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Protestant

One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church.

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Complaining 84% connected

of Complain

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Complaining 84% connected

of Complain

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Narrower term 14

Anabaptist 76% connected

A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.

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Anglican 76% connected

English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of England; as, the…

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Baptist 76% connected

One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ.

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Congregationalist 76% connected

One who belongs to a Congregational church or society; one who holds to Congregationalism.

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Episcopalian 76% connected

Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal; specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church.

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Latter-day saint 76% connected

A Mormon; -- the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being the name assumed by the whole body of Mormons.

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Methodist 76% connected

One who observes method.

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Mormon 76% connected

A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin.

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Nonconformist 76% connected

One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter.

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Orangeman 76% connected

One of a secret society, organized in the north of Ireland in 1795, the professed objects of which are the defense of the regning sovereign of Great…

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Pentecostal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.

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Presbyterian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to those who uphold church government by presbyters; also, t…

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Puritan 76% connected

One who, in the time of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuarts, opposed traditional and formal usages, and advocated simpler forms of faith and wo…

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Wasp 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or socia…

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Christian 76% connected

One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward li…

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Church 76% connected

A building set apart for Christian worship.

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Protest 74% connected

To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.

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Protest 74% connected

To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.

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Resist 74% connected

To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

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Resist 74% connected

To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

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Protestantism 66% connected

The quality or state of being protestant, especially against the Roman Catholic Church; the principles or religion of the Protestants.

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