Webster's Dictionary 1913

8992

Protestancy

Prot″es‐tan‐cy (?), n. Protestantism.

8993

Protestant

Prot″es‐tant (?), n. [F. protestant, fr. L. protestans, -antis, p. pr. of protestare. See Protest, v.] One who protests; — originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and...

8994

Protestant (2)

Prot″es‐tant (?), a. [Cf. F. protestant.] 1. Making a protest; protesting.2. Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman...

8995

Protestantical

Prot′es‐tant″ic‐al (?), a. Protestant.

8996

Protestantism

Prot″es‐tant‐ism (?), n. [Cf. F. protestantisme.] The quality or state of being protestant, especially against the Roman Catholic Church; the principles or religion of the Prote...

8997

Protestantly

Prot″es‐tant‐ly, adv. Like a Protestant; in conformity with Protestantism. Milton.

8998

Protestation

Prot′es‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. protestatio: cf. F. protestation. See Protest.] 1. The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent. “ The p...

8999

Protestator

Prot″es‐ta′tor (?), n. [Cf. F. protestateur.] One who makes protestation; a protester.

9000

Protester

Pro‐test″er (?), n. 1. One who protests; one who utters a solemn declaration. Shak.2. (Law) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.

9001

Protestingly

Pro‐test″ing‐ly, adv. By way of protesting.

9002

Proteus

Pro″te‐us (?), n. 1. (Class. Myth.) A sea god in the service of Neptune who assumed different shapes at will. Hence, one who easily changes his appearance or principles.2. (Zoöl...

9003

Prothalamion

{ Pro′tha‐la″mi‐on (?), Pro′tha‐la″mi‐um (?), } n. A song in celebration of a marriage. Drayton.

9004

Prothallium

‖Pro‐thal″li‐um (?), n.; pl.Prothallia (#). (Bot.) Same as Prothallus.

9005

Prothallus

‖Pro‐thal″lus (?), n.; pl.Prothalli (#). (Bot.) The minute primary growth from the spore of ferns and other Pteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs; the oöphoric genera...

9006

Prothesis

‖Proth″e‐sis (?), n. 1. (Eccl.) A credence table; — so called by the Eastern or Greek Church.2. (Med.) See Prosthesis. Dunglison.

9007

Prothetic

Pro‐thet″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to prothesis; as, a prothetic apparatus.

9008

Prothonotary

{ Pro‐thon″o‐ta‐ry (prō̍‐thŏn″ō̍‐tā̍‐ry̆), orPro‐ton″o‐ta‐ry (prō̍‐tŏn″–) }, n.; pl.-ries (–rĭz). [LL. protonotarius, fr. Gr. πρω̑τοσ first + L. notarius a shorthand writer, a s...

9009

Prothonotaryship

Pro‐thon″o‐ta‐ry‐ship, n. Office of a prothonotary.

9010

Prothoracic

Pro′tho‐rac″ic (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the prothorax.

9011

Prothorax

Pro‐tho″rax (?), n. [Pref. pro- + thorax.] (Zoöl.) The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illusts. of Butterfly and Coleoptera.

9012

Prothyalosome

Pro‐thy″a‐lo‐some (?), n.(Biol.) Same as Prothyalosoma.

9013

Protist

Pro″tist (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Protista.

9014

Protista

‖Pro‐tis″ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. πρώτιστοσ first.] (Zoöl.) A provisional group in which are placed a number of low microscopic organisms of doubtful nature. Some are probab...

9015

Protiston

‖Pro‐tis″ton (?), n.; pl.Protista (#). (Zoöl.) One of the Protista.

9016

Proto-

Pro″to– (?). [Gr. πρω̑τοσ first, a superl. fr. πρό before. See Pro-.] 1. A combining form prefix signifying first, primary, primordial; as, protomartyr, the first martyr; protom...

9017

Proto-Doric

Pro′to–Dor‐ic (?), a. [Proto- + Doric.] (Arch.) Pertaining to, or designating, architecture, in which the beginnings of the Doric style are supposed to be found.

9018

Protocanonical

Pro′to‐ca‐non″ic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to the first canon, or that which contains the authorized collection of the books of Scripture; — opposed to deutero-canonical.