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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who remonstrates, or issues (usually formal and written) protestations.
2. 2
   A member of the Dutch Arminians whose divergence from Calvinism was expressed in five articles in the Remonstrance of 1610; subsequently a member of the liberal Protestant denomination that developed from this group. historical

Adjective

1. 1
   Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.

Synonyms

All synonyms

advisorydidacticdirectivefree-willerhortatoryinstructive

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch remonstrant, from Latin remōnstrāns.

Related phrases

anti-Remonstrant

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