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Lutheran

Syllables: Lu·ther·anUK/ˈluːθəɹ(ə)n//ˈluθəɹən/

Lutheran adjective: of or pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546) or his followers, or the Lutheran church.

Adjective

Lutheran (comparative more Lutheran, superlative most Lutheran)

  1. Of or pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546) or his followers, or the Lutheran church.
    • A Lutheran understanding of the Lord’s Supper is not the same as that of other denominations.
    • [I]f when Luther firſt began to teach new doctrine, the catholiks at that time had not vouchſafed to giue him the hering, but had auoided his prechings & preuy couenticles, ther had not bin now in the worlde, either Lutheran, Swinglian, Calueniſt, Puritan, Anabaptiſt, Trinetarie, Family of loue...1581, D. Fulke [i.e., William Fulke], A Briefe Confutation, of a Popish Discourse: Lately Set Forth, and Presumptuously Dedicated to the Queenes Most Excellent Maiestie: By Iohn Howlet [pseudonym...

Noun

Lutheran (plural Lutherans)

  1. A member of any of the Christian churches which identify with the theology of Martin Luther.
    • The split between the Lutherans and the Roman Catholics began with the Edict of Worms in 1521.
    • [I]f you had bene but ſo conuerſante in Caluine [John Calvin] as your profeſsion requireth, you could not ſo far haue bene ouerſeene in this eaſie diſtinction knowen to Catholike, Lutheran and Zuinglian, although when Caluine wrote thus, perhaps he was more then halfe a Lutheran, and not ſo far...1583, William Rainolds [i.e., William Reynolds], “VVherein is Refelled^([sic – meaning Repelled?]) M. VV. Ansvvere to Certaine Places of S[aint] Chrysostome Touching the Real Presence and Sacrifice”...

Lutheran meaning in Tamil and Arabic

Lutheran in Tamil

மார்டின் லுதர் சார்ந்த

Lutheran in Arabic

pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church
لُوْثَريّ lūtherīyy

Examples of Lutheran in a sentence

  • Theſe colonies have already three Calviniſt, and four Lutheran ministers.1798 August, “Extract of a Letter from the Rev. Mr. Gunther, Minister at Wodonoy Bujerack, in the Russian Government of Saratow, on the...
  • [A] number of Lutheran priests were involved in the activities of the EHS [Estonian Heritage Society].2015, Ringo Ringvee, “Religion and Nation-building in Estonia: Some Perspectives on Secular Society”, in Greg Simons, David Westerlund...
  • At this memorable Diet of Speyer (1529), a compact Roman Catholic majority faced a weak Lutheran minority.1906, Thomas M[artin] Lindsay, “From the Diet of Speyer, 1526, to the Religious Peace of Augsburg, 1555”, in A History of the Reformation...

Synonyms of Lutheran

Forms of Lutheran

Adjective
comparativemore Lutheran
superlativemost Lutheran
Noun
pluralLutherans

Origin of Lutheran

From the surname of German theologian and ecclesiastical reformer Martin Luther (1483–1546) + -an. Probably immediately from Renaissance Latin Lutheranus, or German Lutheraner. Luther is from an Old High German given name, from liut (“people”) + heri (“army”) (from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army; commander, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóryos (“war; troops”), from *ker- (“army”)).

Words formed from Lutheran

Phrases with Lutheran

Questions about Lutheran

What does Lutheran mean?
Lutheran means of or pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546) or his followers, or the Lutheran church.
What is Lutheran in Tamil?
Lutheran in Tamil is மார்டின் லுதர் சார்ந்த. See Lutheran meaning in Tamil.
How do you use Lutheran in a sentence?
Theſe colonies have already three Calviniſt, and four Lutheran ministers.
What part of speech is Lutheran?
Lutheran can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Lutheran?
Lutheran is pronounced /ˈluːθəɹ(ə)n/ (UK).

Words near Lutheran in the dictionary

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  8. Lutheranism
  9. Lutheranist
  10. Lutheranists
  11. Lutheranization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lutheran (page history and authors); lutheran (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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