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Lutheranism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The Christian denomination based on the beliefs and doctrines developed by Martin Luther and his immediate followers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

teachings of Martin Luther emphasizing the cardinal doctrine of justification by faith alone

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Protestantism

History

Etymology

From Lutheran + -ism; eponym from Martin Luther.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: լյութերականություն (lyutʻerakanutʻyun) — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Basque: luteranismo — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Belarusian: лютэра́нства (ljuteránstva) — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Bulgarian: лутеранство (luteranstvo) — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Catalan: luteranisme — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Chinese Mandarin: 信義宗 /信义宗 (xìnyìzōng) — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Czech: luteránství — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Danish: lutheranisme — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Dutch: lutheranisme — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Esperanto: luteranismo — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Estonian: luterlus — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Finnish: luterilaisuus — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Finnish: evankelis-luterilaisuus — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • French: luthéranisme — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • French: luthérianisme — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Galician: luteranismo — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Georgian: ლუთერანობა (luteranoba) — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • German: Luthertum — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Greek: λουθηρανισμός (louthiranismós) — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Hungarian: lutheranizmus — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Icelandic: lúterstrú — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Ido: Luterismo — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Indonesian: Luteranisme — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Indonesian: Lutheranisme — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Irish: Liútarachas — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Italian: luteranesimo — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Japanese: ルーテル教会 (rūteru kyōkai) — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Korean: 루터교 (ruteogyo) — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Latvian: luterisms — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Lithuanian: liuteronybė — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Macedonian: лутеранство (luteranstvo) — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Norwegian: lutherdom — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Polish: luteranizm — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Portuguese: luteranismo — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Romanian: luteranism — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Russian: лютера́нство (ljuteránstvo) — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Serbo-Croatian: лутеранизам — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Serbo-Croatian: лутеранство — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Serbo-Croatian: luteranizam — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Serbo-Croatian: luteranstvo — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Slovak: luteranizmus — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Slovene: luteranstvo — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Spanish: luteranismo — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Swahili: Ulutheri — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Swedish: lutherdom — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Swedish: lutheranism — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Turkish: Lutercilik — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Ukrainian: лютера́нство (ljuteránstvo) — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
  • Volapük: luterim — branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther
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