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| the act or practice of indulging; gratification of desire. |
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| the religious movement in the 16th century that had for its object the reform of the Roman Catholic Church, and that led to the establishment of the Protestant churches. |
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| a follower of Luther or an adherent of his doctrines; a member of the Lutheran Church. |
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| any Western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church. |
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| to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage. |
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| related in origin to and in communion with the Church of England, as various Episcopal churches in other parts of the world. |
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| the action of God in foreordaining from eternity whatever comes to pass. |
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| the doctrines and teachings of John Calvin or his followers, emphasizing predestination, the sovereignty of God, the supreme authority of the Scriptures, and the irresistibility of grace. Compare Arminianism. |
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| a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities. |
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| pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries. |
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| a member of any of various Protestant sects, formed in Europe after 1520, that denied the validity of infant baptism, baptized believers only, and advocated social and economic reforms as well as the complete separation of church and state. |
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| a crafty, intriguing, or equivocating person: so called in allusion to the methods ascribed to the order by its opponents. |
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