Protestant vs Reformist - What's the difference?
protestant | reformist |
(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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Advocating reform of an institution or body.
* 1913
Specifically, advocating reform and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
One who advocates reform (of an institution).
Specifically, one who advocates reform of society and the gradual accumulation of small changes, as opposed to revolutionary action.
An advocate of reform in the Church of England; a Reformer.
An advocate or supporter of political reform in the United Kingdom. (Common from ca 1790 to 1830.)
A member of a reformed religious denomination.
As adjectives the difference between protestant and reformist
is that protestant is alternative case form of Protestant|lang=en while reformist is advocating reform of an institution or body.As nouns the difference between protestant and reformist
is that protestant is one who protests; a protester while reformist is one who advocates reform (of an institution).protestant
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(en noun)reformist
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(Reformism)Adjective
(en adjective)- [...] all the prose is German, all reformist, all moralising, and has little or practically no echo of antiquity.
