When the early Protestant immigrants came to this country, they brought the idea that work was the way to God and heaven.
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Protestant
//ˈpɹɒtɪstənt//
Synonyms for "protestant" (19 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (9)
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3 entriescoordinate
4 entriesderived
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4 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
90 translations across 48 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- protestantse adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- protestant noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Arabic
3 entries- بُرُوتِسْتَانْتِيّ adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- بروتستانتي noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
- بُرُوتِسْتَانْتِيّ noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Asturian
1 entries- protestante adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
Bulgarian
1 entries- протестант noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Catalan
2 entries- protestant adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- protestant noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 新教徒 noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Czech
1 entries- protestant noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Danish
1 entries- protestant noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Esperanto
1 entries- protestanto noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Finnish
1 entries- protestantti noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
French
3 entries- protestant adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- protestant noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
- protestante noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Galician
2 entries- protestante adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- protestante noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Georgian
2 entries- პროტესტანტული adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- პროტესტანტი noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
German
4 entries- evangelisch adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- protestantisch adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- Protestant noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
- Protestantin noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Greek
3 entries- προτεσταντικός adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- διαμαρτυρόμενος noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
- προτεστάντης noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रोटेस्टेंट noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Hungarian
2 entries- protestáns adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- protestáns noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Indonesian
1 entries- Protestan noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Irish
2 entries- Protastúnach adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- Protastúnach noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Italian
2 entries- protestante adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- protestante noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Japanese
1 entries- プロテスタント noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Kazakh
1 entries- протестанттық adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
Khmer
1 entries- ប្រូតេស្តង់ noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Korean
1 entries- 신교도 noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Latin
2 entries- protestanticus adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- Protestāns noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Latvian
1 entries- protestantisks adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
Lower Sorbian
3 entries- ewangelski adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- protestantiski adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- protestant noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Macedonian
1 entries- протеста́нт noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Marathi
2 entries- प्रोटेस्टंट adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- प्रोटेस्टंट noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Māori
2 entries- Porotehana adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- Porotehana noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- protestantisk adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- protestant noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- protestantisk adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- protestant noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Odia
2 entries- ପ୍ରୋଟେଷ୍ଟାଣ୍ଟ noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
- ପ୍ରୋଟେଷ୍ଟାଣ୍ଡ noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- اهل مذاهب پروتستان adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- پروتستان adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- اهل مذاهب پروتستان noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
- پروتستان noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Persian
2 entries- پروتستان adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- پروتستان noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Protestant noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Polish
3 entries- protestancki adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- protestant noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
- protestantka noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Portuguese
2 entries- protestante adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- protestante noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Russian
3 entries- протеста́нтский adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- протеста́нт noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
- протеста́нтка noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Sotho
1 entries- moprotestanta noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Spanish
3 entries- protestante adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- protestante noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
- salvacuatro noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Swahili
1 entries- Mprotestanti adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
Swedish
2 entries- protestantisk adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- protestant noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Tagalog
2 entries- Protestante adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- Protestante noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Thai
2 entries- โปรเตสแตนต์ adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- โปรเตสแตนต์ noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Ukrainian
3 entries- протеста́нтський adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- протеста́нт noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
- протеста́нтка noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Vietnamese
2 entries- Tin Lành adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- người Tin Lành noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Welsh
2 entries- Protestannaidd adj (pertaining to these denominatons)
- Protestant noun (someone who is a member of such a denomination)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
This attitude, the Protestant work ethic, still influences Americans today.
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In 1807, Robert Morrison, the first British Protestant missionary to China arrived in Guangzhou.
Source: tatoeba (898051)
From 1859, Protestant missionaries from America started to arrive, and the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches also became actively involved in missionary work.
Source: tatoeba (1018443)
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