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- English Word Protest Definition To make a solemn declaration (often a written one) expressive of opposition; -- with against; as, he protest against your votes.
- English Word Protest Definition To make a solemn declaration or affirmation of; to proclaim; to display; as, to protest one's loyalty.
- English Word Protest Definition To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
- English Word Protest Definition A solemn declaration of opinion, commonly a formal objection against some act; especially, a formal and solemn declaration, in writing, of dissent from the proceedings of a legislative body; as, the protest of lords in Parliament.
- English Word Protest Definition A solemn declaration in writing, in due form, made by a notary public, usually under his notarial seal, on behalf of the holder of a bill or note, protesting against all parties liable for any loss or damage by the nonacceptance or nonpayment of the bill, or by the nonpayment of the note, as the case may be.
- English Word Protest Definition A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel, her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea, etc., ads the case may be, and protesting against them.
- English Word Protest Definition A declaration made by a party, before or while paying a tax, duty, or the like, demanded of him, which he deems illegal, denying the justice of the demand, and asserting his rights and claims, in order to show that the payment was not voluntary.
- English Word Protestancy Definition Protestantism.
- English Word Protestant Definition 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.
- English Word Protestant Definition Making a protest; protesting.
- English Word Protestant Definition Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers.
- English Word Protestantical Definition Protestant.
- English Word Protestantism Definition The quality or state of being protestant, especially against the Roman Catholic Church; the principles or religion of the Protestants.
- English Word Protestantly Definition Like a Protestant; in conformity with Protestantism.
- English Word Protestation Definition The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent.
- English Word Protestation Definition Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial.
- English Word Protestator Definition One who makes protestation; a protester.
- English Word Protested Definition of Protest
- English Word Protester Definition One who protests; one who utters a solemn declaration.
- English Word Protester Definition One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.
- English Word Protesting Definition of Protest
- English Word Protestingly Definition By way of protesting.
- English Word Proteus Definition A sea god in the service of Neptune who assumed different shapes at will. Hence, one who easily changes his appearance or principles.
- English Word Proteus Definition A genus of aquatic eel-shaped amphibians found in caves in Austria. They have permanent external gills as well as lungs. The eyes are small and the legs are weak.
- English Word Proteus Definition A changeable protozoan; an amoeba.
- English Word Prothalamion Definition Alt. of Prothalamium
- English Word Prothalamium Definition A song in celebration of a marriage.
- English Word Prothalli Definition of Prothallus
- English Word Prothallia Definition of Prothallium
- English Word Prothallium Definition Same as Prothallus.