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remonstrants

n. (plural of remonstrant English)

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Remonstrants

The Remonstrants are the Dutch Protestants who, after the death of Jacobus Arminius, maintained the views associated with his name. In 1610 they presented to the States of Holland and Friesland a remonstrance in five articles formulating their points of disagreement with Calvinism.

Usage examples of "remonstrants".

Pieter, now disused since the Remonstrants had fallen into such bad odour after the death of Olden Barneveld and the treachery of his sons.

After the years of strife between the Remonstrants and Counter-Remonstrants in the United Provinces, he could see the benefits of such a system.