remonstrant noun & adjective. [rɪ'mɒnstr(ǝ)nt] E17.
[medieval Latin remonstrant- pres. ppl stem of remonstrare: see REMONSTRATE, -ANT¹.]
A. noun.
1. Ecclesiastical History. (Remonstrant.) A member of the Arminian party in the Dutch Reformed Church, so called from the Remonstrance of 1610. E17.

2. A person who remonstrates. Formerly also, the author or a supporter of a formal remonstrance. M17.
b. adjective.
1. Ecclesiastical History. (Remonstrant.) Of or belonging to the Arminian party in the Dutch Reformed Church. E17.

2. Remonstrating, expostulating. M17.

■ remonstrantly adverb L19.

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