What is the difference between protestant and lutheran?
protestant | lutheran | Hypernyms |
(chiefly, legal) One who protests; a protester.
* 1915' November 3, decision in the case of the ''State of New Mexico v. Garrett'', published in '''1916''' among the ''Decisions of the Department of the Interior in Cases Relating to Public Lands'', volume 44 (edited by George J Hesselman), page 490: In the case of Hyacinthe Villeneuve a homestead entry had been allowed upon a tract of land that had been patented to the Santa Fe Railroad Company, whose grantees had expressed a willingness to reconvey in order that effect might be given to the equities of the homesteader, whereas in the present case the State stands in the position of a ' protestant .
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Of or pertaining to the theology of (Martin Luther) or its followers.
A member of any of the Christian churches of which identify with the theology of (Martin Luther).
Protestant is a hypernym of lutheran.
As a adjective protestant
is (protestant).As a noun lutheran is
a lutheran (a member of a lutheran church).protestant
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Noun
(en noun)lutheran
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Adjective
(en adjective)- A Lutheran understanding of the Lord's Supper is not the same as that of other denominations.
Synonyms
* Evangelical LutheranNoun
(en noun)- The split between the Lutherans and the Roman Catholics began with the Edict of Worms in 1521
