Protestantism
Americannoun
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the religion of Protestants.
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the Protestant churches collectively.
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adherence to Protestant principles.
noun
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the religion or religious system of any of the Churches of Western Christendom that are separated from the Roman Catholic Church and adhere substantially to principles established by Luther, Calvin, etc, in the Reformation
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the Protestant Churches collectively
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adherence to the principles of the Reformation
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Protestantism
First recorded in 1640–50; Protestant + -ism
Example Sentences
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Dulles came to believe that religion, specifically an ecumenical Protestantism aiming to promote cooperation among different sects, was the missing link that could provide a moral architecture for the global system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
He says there is an "inherited fault line" on Irish immigration, Irish Catholicism and Scottish Protestantism in the west coast, which goes back to the 19th Century.
From BBC • Aug. 10, 2024
Ufology, like Protestantism, is a big-tent religion, and “A lot of this overlaps,” Janix said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024
So we've got colonialism and we've got Protestantism.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2023
One of the key groups that spread these teachings was founded in the 1530s: the Jesuit order, a collection of highly trained intellectuals well suited to attack Protestantism.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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