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Prot·es·tant·ism
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n.
Adherence to the religion and beliefs of a Protestant church.
The religion and religious beliefs fostered by the Protestant movement.
Protestants considered as a group.
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protestantism noun the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation
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Protestantism
Prot"es*tant*ism\, n. [Cf. F. protestantisme.] The quality or state of being protestant, especially against the Roman Catholic Church; the principles or religion of the Protestants.
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