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a. Of or pertaining to the Avesta or the language of the Avesta. --
n. [ Cf. F. contestant. ] One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Sp. See Stanza. ] A grazing farm; a country house. [ Spanish America ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. gestans, p. pr. of gestare. ] Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant. [ R. ] “Clouds gestant with heat.” Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Protestantism. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. protestant, fr. L. protestans, -antis, p. pr. of protestare. See Protest, v. ] One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. protestant. ]
a. Protestant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. protestantisme. ] The quality or state of being protestant, especially against the Roman Catholic Church; the principles or religion of the Protestants. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Like a Protestant; in conformity with Protestantism. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. questant, F. quêtant, p. pr. ] One who undertakes a quest; a seeker. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. restans, p. pr. of restare: cf. F. restant. See Rest remainder. ] (Bot.) Persistent. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + protestantize. ] To render other than Protestant; to cause to change from Protestantism to some other form of religion; to deprive of some Protestant feature or characteristic. [ 1913 Webster ]
The attempt to unprotestantize the Church of England. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]