different between protestant vs evangelical

English

Etymology

See Protestant. The legal sense either has the same source or is simply protest +? -ant.

Adjective

protestant (comparative more protestant, superlative most protestant)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Protestant

2. protesting

Noun

protestant (plural protestants)

1. (chiefly law) 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.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Protestant

Catalan

Adjective

protestant (masculine and feminine plural protestants)

1. Protestant

Noun

protestant m or f (plural protestants)

1. Protestant

Derived terms

• protestantisme

Verb

protestant

1. present participle of protestar

Further reading

• “protestant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “protestant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “protestant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “protestant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?prot?stant]

Noun

protestant m

1. Protestant (person)

Related terms

• protestantství n

Dutch

Etymology

From French protestant, from Latin pr?test?r? 'to testify'.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pro?tes?tant

Noun

protestant m (plural protestanten, diminutive protestantje n)

1. Protestant (a modern Christian denomination not belonging to the Catholic or Orthodox traditions)

French

Etymology

From protester +? -ant. Influenced by German Protestant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.t?s.t??/

Adjective

protestant (feminine singular protestante, masculine plural protestants, feminine plural protestantes)

1. Protestant

   Hyponym: calviniste

Related terms

• protestantisme

Verb

protestant

1. present participle of protester

Noun

protestant m (plural protestants, feminine protestante)

1. Protestant (person)

   Synonym: parpaillot

   Hyponym: calviniste

Further reading

• “protestant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

protestant m (definite singular protestanten, indefinite plural protestanter, definite plural protestantene)

1. a Protestant (follower of Protestantism; member of a Protestant church)

Derived terms

• protestantisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

protestant m (definite singular protestanten, indefinite plural protestantar, definite plural protestantane)

1. a Protestant (as above)

Derived terms

• protestantisk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr??t?.stant/

Noun

protestant m pers (feminine protestantka)

1. Protestant
2. (archaic) protest participant

Declension

Further reading

• protestant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French protestant.

Noun

protestant m (plural protestan?i)

1. Protestant

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prot?stant/
• Hyphenation: pro?te?stant

Noun

protèstant m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)

1. (Christianity) Protestant

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

protest +? -ant

Noun

protestant c

1. a Protestant; one who follows the practice of the Christian form of Protestantism

Declension

Related terms

• protestantism
• protestantisk

English

Etymology

evangelic +? -al, from Old French evangelique, from Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (euangélion, “good news”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?væn?d??l?k?l/

Adjective

evangelical (comparative more evangelical, superlative most evangelical)

1. Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.
2. Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament.
3. Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches in continental Europe as well as their offshoots in North America.
4. Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism).
5. Pertaining to Islamic groups that are dedicated to dawah and preaching the Quran and sunnah.
6. Zealously enthusiastic.

Usage notes

While evangelical may have all the above meanings, it is often used now for meaning 4.

Evangelic has only the meanings 1-3 and is now used often to differentiate these meanings from evangelicalism.

Synonyms

• evangelic

Antonyms

• antievangelical
• nonevangelical

Translations

Noun

evangelical (plural evangelicals)

1. A member of an evangelical church
2. An advocate of evangelicalism

Derived terms

• evangelicalism
• evangelically
• evangelicalness

Related terms

• evangel
• evangelise
• evangeliser
• evangelism
• evangelist
• evangelistic
• evangelistical
• evangelistically
• evangelize
• evangelizer

References

• Evangelical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia