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Protestantism (s) (noun), Protestantisms (pl)
1. A Christian religious movement originating in the 16th century from Martin Luther's attack on the Roman Catholic doctrine.

It grew to encompass many churches and denominations denying papal authority and believing in justification and salvation by faith.

2. The Protestant churches considered as a whole and who are adherents to Protestant beliefs.
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