Protestant
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A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation (or in some cases later).
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A member of the of England or of Ireland, as distinct from Protestant nonconformists or dissenters
1827 1796 Theobald Wolfe Tone, https://books.google.ie/books?id=t7967NOdM2EC&pg=PA64 ''Memoirs'' Vol.1 p.64 (Henry Colburn, London) ed. William Theobald Wolfe Tone:
- To unite the whole people of Ireland; to abolish the memory of all past dissensions; and to substitute the common name of Irishman in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic, and Dissenter—these were my means.
1893 June 14, https://web.archive.org/web/20170310170306/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1893/jun/14/commityee-progress-13th-juneS4V0013P0_18930614_HOC_57 ''Hansard'' 4th series Vol 13 HC Deb c.1001
- MR. SEXTON said, he had always understood that the difference between Protestants and Presbyterians was not a difference of creed, but as to episcopacy and practice.
Of or pertaining to several denominations of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation.
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Protestant (gloss)