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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 Protestants. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Protestantism n 1: the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation