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say it: LOO-thur-uhn
lutheran is an adjective and noun meaning "of or pertaining to Martin Luther or his teachings". It is pronounced /ˈluθɚən/ — LOO-thur-uhn. It carries 3 recorded senses.
of or pertaining to Martin Luther or his teachings
“the Lutheran doctrine of justification by faith alone”
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of the Protestant Church adhering to the views of Luther
“Lutheran doctrines”
religion
follower of Lutheranism
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lutheran come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.