Word Meanings - PROTESTANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Additional info about word: 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.

Related words: (words related to PROTESTANT)

• APPLICABLE
  Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
• LUTHERANISM; LUTHERISM
  The doctrines taught by Luther or held by the Lutheran Church.
• SOLEMNIZATION
  The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.
• APPEALER
  One who makes an appeal.
• SOLEMNIZE
  1. To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms. Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another. Hooker. 2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate. Their choice nobility and flowers
• EMPEROR
  The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia. Emperor goose , a large and handsome goose , found in Alaska. -- Emperor moth
• SOLEMN
  Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form. Burrill. Jarman. Greenleaf. Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant, 2. Syn. -- Grave; formal; ritual; ceremonial; sober; serious;
• APPLICATIVE
  Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• APPLICANCY
  The quality or state of being applicable.
• SOLEMNIZATE
  To solemnize; as, to solemnizate matrimony. Bp. Burnet.
• APPLICABILITY
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• THOSE
  The plural of that. See That.
• SOLEMNLY
  In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally. There in deaf murmurs solemnly are wise. Dryden. I do solemnly assure the reader. Swift.
• ADHERE
  1. To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura. 2. To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity
• APPEAL
  appellare to approach, address, invoke, summon, call, name; akin to appellere to drive to; ad + pellere to drive. See Pulse, and cf. To make application for the removal of from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review
• PROTESTATION
  Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial. (more info) 1.
• APPLICATORILY
  By way of application.
• DISSENTIVE
  Disagreeing; inconsistent. Feltham.
• SOLEMNNESS
  The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity; impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship.
• SPATHOSE
  See SPATHIC
• ABORIGINALLY
  Primarily.
• UNAPPLIABLE
  Inapplicable. Milton.
• REAPPLICATION
  The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
• SUPRAPROTEST
  An acceptance of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance by the drawee. Burrill.