Protestant

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n. 新教徒 a. 新教的, 新教徒的

发音

UK /ˈpɹɒtɪstənt/
US /ˈpɹɑtɪstənt/

词形变化

Protestants 复数 Protestants more Protestant 比较级 most Protestant 最高级

别名

Prodistant protestant

教材释义与例句

名词

新教；新教徒

形容词

新教的；新教徒的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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).

    新教徒

    宗教
  2. 2.

    A member of the Church of England or Church of Ireland, as distinct from Protestant nonconformists or dissenters.

    历史

    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.

    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.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to several denominations of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation.

    宗教

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

church christian

下位词 10

baptist wasp mormon puritan fundamentalist methodist nonconformist Anabaptist Anglican chapelgoer
形容词

近义相关 1

complaintive

相关短语

Protestant work ethic Protestant ethic 新教伦理；新教价值观 Protestant work ethics Protestant Cay I'm a Protestant 我是新教徒 polyester Protestant

词源

Borrowed from either German Protestant or French protestant, one likely reinforced by the other; equivalent to protest + -ant.

来源：wiktionary