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Definition of Dissenter

Dissenter
Dissenter Dis*sent"er, n. 1. One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement. 2. (Eccl.) One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist. Dissenters from the establishment of their several countries. --Burke. Robert Brown is said to have the first formal dissenter. --Shipley. Note: ``The word is commonly applied only to Protestants. The Roman Catholics are generally referred to as a distinct class.' --Brande & C.

Meaning of Dissenter from wikipedia

- A dissenter (from the Latin dissentire, 'to disagree') is one who dissents (disagrees) in matters of opinion, belief, etc. Dissent may include political...
- English Dissenters or English Separatists were Protestants who separated from the Church of England in the 17th and 18th centuries. English Dissenters opposed...
- The Dissenters' March (Russian: Марш несогласных) was a series of Russian opposition protests that took place on December 16, 2006 in Moscow, on March...
- The Shortest Way with the Dissenters; Or, Proposals for the Establishment of the Church is a pamphlet written by Daniel Defoe, first published anonymously...
- Dissenter's Chapel can mean: In the United Kingdom, a non-Anglican chapel, addressed by the Dissenters' Chapels Act 1844 the best known of which is the...
- sections were closed. Dissenter was criticized as an extension which "puts a far-right comments section on every site." The Dissenter extension was subsequently...
- States from 1877 until his death in 1911. He is often called "The Great Dissenter" due to his many dissents in cases that restricted civil liberties, including...
- Political dissent is a dissatisfaction with or opposition to the policies of a governing body. Expressions of dissent may take forms from vocal disagreement...
- The Dissenter Act (Norwegian: Dissenterloven, formally Lov angaaende dem, der bekjende sig til den christelige Religion, uden at være medlemmer af Statskirken...
- Bushel's Case, Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, a non-Episcopalian English Dissenter, or Nonconformist, outside the established Church of England, was acquitted...