REMONSTRANT

Noun

remonstrant (plural remonstrants)

One who remonstrates, or issues (usually formal and written) protestations.

Adjective

remonstrant (comparative more remonstrant, superlative most remonstrant)

Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.

Noun

Remonstrant (plural Remonstrants)

(Christianity, historical) A member of the Dutch Arminians whose divergence from Calvinism was expressed in five articles in the Remonstrance of 1610.

Source: Wiktionary


Re*mon"strant (-strant), a. Etym: [LL. remonstranc, -antis, p. pr. of remonstrare: cf. OF. remonstrant, F.remontrant.]

Definition: Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.

Re*mon"strant, n.

Definition: One who remonstrates; specifically (Eccl. Hist.),

Definition: one of the Arminians who remonstrated against the attacks of the Calvinists in 1610, but were subsequently condemned by the decisions of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See Arminian.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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