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