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Definition of Dissenters

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 Dissenters from wikipedia

- Relief Act 1779 styled "Protesting Catholic Dissenters". In practice, however, it designates Protestant Dissenters referred to in sec. ii. of the Act of Toleration...
- English Dissenters or English Separatists were Protestants who separated from the Church of England in the 17th and 18th centuries. A dissenter (from the...
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- known of which is the Dissenters' Chapel, Kensal Green This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated with the title Dissenters' Chapel. If an internal...
- conformity: Shewing that the dissenters are no way concern'd in it (1698). In the same year, hostility towards Dissenters increased. A bill against occasional...
- The Quarrymen (also written as "the Quarry Men") are a British skiffle and rock and roll group, formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956, which evolved...
- Political dissent is a dissatisfaction with or opposition to the policies of a governing body. Expressions of dissent may take forms from vocal disagreement...
- According to the Book of Mormon, Coriantumr (/ˌkɒriˈæntəmər/) was a Nephite dissenter and Lamanite captain. Coriantumr led the Lamanite armies against the Nephites...
- ministers from the obligation to subscribe to the Thirty-nine Articles. The Dissenters (Ireland) Act 1817 (57 Geo. 3. c. 70) extended the 1779 act to Ireland...
- member of the state church was abolished. Some restrictions remained; dissenters did not have full civil rights, and they were imposed a number of special...