Word Meanings - DISSENTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Additional info about word: DISSENTER

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. (more info) 1. One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement.

Related words: (words related to DISSENTER)

• WORSHIPFUL
  Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming respect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect, sometimes ironically. "This is worshipful society." Shak. so dear and worshipful. Chaucer. -- Wor"ship*ful*ly, adv.
• CHURCHLINESS
  Regard for the church.
• CHURCHLIKE
  Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman. Shak.
• WORSHIPABLE
  Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship. Carlyle.
• CHURCH
  AS. circe, cyrice; akin to D. kerk, Icel. kirkja, Sw. kyrka, Dan. kirke, G. kirche, OHG. chirihha; all fr. Gr. ç'd4ra hero, Zend. çura 1. A building set apart for Christian worship. 2. A Jewish or heathen temple. Acts xix. 37. 3. A formally
• CHURCHYARD
  The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery. Like graves in the holy churchyard. Shak. Syn. -- Burial place; burying ground; graveyard; necropolis; cemetery; God's acre.
• CHURCH-BENCH
  A seat in the porch of a church. Shak.
• CHURCH MODES
  The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See Gregorian.
• CHURCHSHIP
  State of being a church. South.
• NONCONFORMIST
  One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter.
• CHURCHMANLY
  Pertaining to, or becoming, a churchman. Milman.
• ESTABLISHMENTARIAN
  One who regards the Church primarily as an establishment formed by the State, and overlooks its intrinsic spiritual character. Shipley.
• SERVICE
  The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subpoena or an attachment. (more info) 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for
• ESTABLISH
  L. stabilire, fr. stabilis firm, steady, stable. See Stable, a., - 1. To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm. So were the churches established in the faith.
• SEVERAL
  1. Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual. There was not time enough to hear . . . The severals. Shak. 2. Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many. Several of them neither rose from any conspicuous family, nor
• CHURCHISM
  Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism.
• AUTHORITY
  1. Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority
• SEVERALITY
  Each particular taken singly; distinction. Bp. Hall.
• SEVERALLY
  Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually. There must be an auditor to check and revise each severally by itself. De Quincey.
• ROBERT
  See HERB
• MISWORSHIP
  Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion. Bp. Hall. Such hideous jungle of misworships. Carlyle.
• PUBLIC-SERVICE CORPORATION; QUASI-PUBLIC CORPORATION
  A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety.
• BOND SERVICE
  The condition of a bond servant; sevice without wages; slavery. Their children . . . upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond service. 1 Kings ix. 21.
• PREESTABLISH
  To establish beforehand.
• SELF-WORSHIP
  The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.
• ROBERDSMAN; ROBERTSMAN
  A bold, stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood.
• DISESTABLISHMENT
  1. The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by
• UNWORSHIP
  To deprive of worship or due honor; to dishonor. Wyclif.
• UNSERVICE
  Neglect of duty; idleness; indolence. Massinger.
• HIGH-CHURCHMAN
  One who holds high-church principles.
• BROAD CHURCH
  A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied