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nounthe theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformationtype of:
Definition that contains protestantism
- elizabeth Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603)
- protestant of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism
- protestant an adherent of Protestantism
- belfast capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland
- methodist of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley
- fundamentalism a form of Protestantism that takes the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth
- wesleyan of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley
- denominationalism the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations
- orangeman a member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereign
- capital of northern ireland capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland