Protestantism

Prot′es-tant-ism

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

protestantisme

.]

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

Protestantism

PROT'ESTANTISM

,

Noun.

The protestant religion.

Protestantism

See also: protestantism

English

Noun

Protestantism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural Protestantisms)

The Protestant (rather than the Roman Catholic or Orthodox) Christian faith.
Collectively, the Protestant churches or the Protestants.
The beliefs held by the Protestant churches.

Hypernyms

Christianity

Translations

faith

Armenian: բողոքականություն (hy) ‎(bołokʿakanutʿyun)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 新教 ‎(san¹ gaau³), 基督新教 ‎(gei¹ duk¹ san¹ gaau³), 抗議宗, 抗议宗 ‎(kong³ ji⁵ zung¹), 抗羅宗, 抗罗宗 ‎(kong³ lo⁴ zung¹), 反羅宗, 反罗宗 ‎(faan² lo⁴ zung¹), 反對教, 反对教 ‎(faan² deoi³ gaau³), 誓反教 ‎(sai⁶ faan² gaau³), 更正教 ‎(gang¹ zing³ gaau³), 改新教 ‎(goi² san¹ gaau³)

Hakka: 新教 ‎(Sîn-kau), 基督新教 ‎(Kî-tuk Sîn-kau)

Mandarin: 新教 (zh) ‎(xīnjiào), 基督新教 (zh) ‎(Jīdū xīnjiào), 抗議宗, 抗议宗 ‎(Kàngyìzōng), 抗羅宗, 抗罗宗 ‎(Kàngluózōng), 反羅宗, 反罗宗 ‎(Fǎnluózōng), 反對教, 反对教 ‎(Fǎnduìjiào), 誓反教 ‎(Shìfǎnjiào), 更正教 ‎(Gēngzhèngjiào), 改新教 ‎(Gǎixīnjiào)

Min Nan: 新教 ‎(Sin-kàu), 更正教 ‎(Keng-chèng-kàu), 抗議教, 抗议教 ‎(Khòng-gī-kàu), 基督新教 ‎(Ki-tok Sin-kàu)
Czech: protestantství n
Danish: protestantisme
Dutch: protestantisme (nl) n

Finnish: protestanttinen usko, protestanttisuus (fi)
French: protestantisme (fr) m
German: Protestantismus (de) m
Irish: Protastúnachas m
Japanese: 新教 ‎(しんきょう, shinkyō), プロテスタンティズム ‎(purotesutantizumu)
Korean: 개신교 (ko) ‎(gaesin-gyo)
Malay: Protestan
Norwegian: protestantisme (no)
Polish: protestantyzm (pl) m
Portuguese: protestantismo (pt) m
Romanian: protestantism (ro) n
Russian: протеста́нтство (ru) n ‎(protestántstvo)
Spanish: protestantismo (es) m
Swahili: Uprotestanti
Swedish: protestantismen (sv), protestantism (sv)
Thai: โปรเตสแตนต์ ‎(bproo-dtées-dtɛ́n)
Vietnamese: Tin Lành (vi)

Protestant churches or the Protestants collectively

Finnish: protestantit pl

beliefs

Finnish: protestanttinen usko, protestanttisuus (fi)

protestantism

See also: Protestantism

Swedish

Noun

protestantism c ‎(uncountable)

Protestantism; a branch in Christianity

Declension

Declension of protestantism

	uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	protestantism	protestantismen
genitive	protestantisms	protestantismens

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Protestantism

PROT'ESTANTISM

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