Definition of Protestant reformation

1. Noun. A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.

Exact synonyms: Reformation
Generic synonyms: Religious Movement

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protestant Reformation

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Protector of Boundaries
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Proteidae
Proteles
Proteles cristata
Proterochampsa
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Proterozoic eon
Protestancy
Protestant
Protestant Church
Protestant Episcopal Church
Protestant Movement
Protestant Reformation
Protestant Reich Church
Protestant deacon
Protestant denomination
Protestant ethic
Protestant work ethic
Protestantism
Protestantly
Protestants
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Proteus anguinus
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Protista
Protium

Literary usage of Protestant reformation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History as Past Ethics: An Introduction to the History of Morals by Philip Van Ness Myers (1913)
"... protestant reformation I. PRINCIPLES OF THE REFORMATION OF ETHICAL IMPORT In its essential principle the protestant reformation was Principle a protest ..."

2. Outlines of Church History by Rudolf Sohm (1909)
"The protestant reformation The outward circumstance which called forth the action of Luther was the system of indulgences established by the Mediaeval ..."

3. The Messiah Idea in Jewish History by Julius Hillel Greenstone (1906)
"CHAPTER VI THE EFFECTS OF KABBALISTIC SPECULATIONS The protestant reformation—Luther's Favorable Attitude to the Jews—Hebrew Literature studied by ..."

4. A Manual of Historical Literature: Comprising Brief Descriptions of the Most by Charles Kendall Adams (1888)
"History of the protestant reformation in England and Ireland. 2 vols., 12mo, London, 1846. ... protestant reformation ..."

5. History of Political Economy in Europe by Blanqui (Adolphe-Jérôme), Emily Josephine Leonard (1880)
"The protestant reformation and its influence upon the course of ... The protestant reformation is one of these grand revolutions in the majestic development ..."

6. A Manual of Historical Literature: Comprising Brief Descriptions of the Most by Charles Kendall Adams (1889)
"Spalding, MJ—History of the protestant reformation in Germany and Switzerland; and in England, Ireland, Scotland, the Netherlands, France, and Northern ..."

7. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Archbishop Spalding, 'History of ihe protestant reformation,' is an equally vigorous Catholic reply to it. Janssen, 'Geschichte des deutschen Volkes,' Vols. ..."

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