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Definition: Remonstrant
Remonstrant
\Re*mon"strant\ (-strant), a. [LL. remonstranc,
-antis, p. pr. of remonstrare: cf. OF. remonstrant, F.
remontrant.]
Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging
reasons in opposition to something.
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Remonstrant
\Re*mon"strant\, n.
One who remonstrates; specifically (Eccl. Hist.), 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.
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