When the early Protestant immigrants came to this country, they brought the idea that work was the way to God and heaven.
Source: tatoeba (267042)
Protestant
/ˈpɹɒtɪstənt/
Synonyms for "protestant" (35 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (11)
Noun(8 words)
huguenothuguenotslutheranmethodistspresbyterianprotestant adherentprotestant believerprotestant christian
Related words (17)
Noun(9 words)
protestant churchprotestant culturalprotestant groupprotestant-influencedprotestant-majorityprotestant-populatedprotestant-reformistprotestant-relatedreformation-era
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
10 entriesChristianChristian churchChristianitychurchcultural descriptordemographic descriptordenominational adjectivehistorical descriptorreligious adjectivesociocultural attribute
More specific
12 entriesCollocations
10 entriesProtestant ChurchProtestant ReformationProtestant denominationProtestant denominationsProtestant ethicProtestant ethicsProtestant heritageProtestant theologyProtestant traditionProtestant work ethic
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
7 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
22 total sentences available.
This attitude, the Protestant work ethic, still influences Americans today.
Source: tatoeba (269275)
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)
Showing 4 of 22 available sentences.