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Protestantly

Protestantly adverb: like a Protestant; in conformity with Protestantism.

Adverb

Protestantly (comparative more Protestantly, superlative most Protestantly)

  1. Like a Protestant; in conformity with Protestantism.
    • To Protestants, therefore, whose common rule and touchstone is the Scripture, nothing can with more conscience, more equity, nothing more Protestantly can be permitted, than a free and lawful debate at all times by writing, conference, or disputation of what opinion soever, disputable by Scripture...1659, John Milton, Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes

Forms of Protestantly

comparativemore Protestantly
superlativemost Protestantly

Origin of Protestantly

From Protestant + -ly.

Questions about Protestantly

What does Protestantly mean?
Protestantly means like a Protestant; in conformity with Protestantism.
What part of speech is Protestantly?
Protestantly is an adverb.

Words near Protestantly in the dictionary

  1. Protestantisms
  2. protestantize
  3. protestantized
  4. protestantizes
  5. protestantizing
  6. Protestantly
  7. protestants
  8. protestard
  9. protestards
  10. protestation
  11. protestations

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