Protestantism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Protestantism \Prot"es*tant*ism\, n. [Cf. F. protestantisme.]
     The quality or state of being protestant, especially against
     the Roman Catholic Church; the principles or religion of the
     Protestants.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Protestantism
       n : the theological system of any of the churches of western
           Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church
           during the Reformation