dissenter
dissenter
Definition
dis·senter (-ər)
noun
- a person who dissents
- a British Protestant who does not belong to the Anglican Church; Nonconformist
dissenter
Synonyms
dissenter
n.
dissenter
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- kill: To enforce uniformity of religion and maintain control the Catholic Church along with the State ruthlessly killed dissenters.
- call: For example, as the church of the land we called all others dissenters.
- imprison: They are using the police and the law as a cage in which to imprison all dissenters and heretics.
- remain: Many parishioners joined and moved between sects both inside and outside the parish, and remained dissenters after 1662.
Adjective modifier
- Protestant: There is a small place of worship for Protestant dissenters of all denominations, situated in the village, and recently erected.
- religious: His policy faltered and, like his brother before him, he allied himself with religious dissenters against the Church of England.
- political: This is perhaps Chinas sick link to the Stalinist or state communist's tactic in jailing political dissenters.
- few: Thus ' with few dissenters, we have successfully reached a consensus in favor of the chemiosmotic theory ' .
- other: When he arrived in America he joined with other Swedish dissenters to establish a settlement called Stockholm in Crawford County.
Preposition: on
- thread: The dissenters on this thread, as evident by their posts, are absolutely no match for your intelligence and insights.
Noun used with modifier
- century: Contents: card index of British pamphlets and typescripts and notes re British history in particular eighteenth century dissenters.
Preposition: in
- century: There were apparently no dissenters in the 17th century and only short-lived congregations before the establishment in 1883-4 of the first surviving nonconformist church.
Preposition: of
- denomination: The number of dissenters of all denominations, including Roman Catholics is 833... .
- persuasion: At this place is also a chapel belonging to dissenters of the Presbyterian persuasion.
Preposition: from
- church: The Restoration brought with it a series of laws penalizing all dissenters from the established church.
dissenter Quotes
The dissenter is every human being at those moments in his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
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