Remonstrant

See also: remonstrant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch remonstrant, from Latin remōnstrāns.

Noun

Remonstrant (plural Remonstrants)

(Protestantism, historical) 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.

Derived terms

anti-Remonstrant

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