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• DISSENTER (Lat. dis-sentire, to disagree)

DISSENTER (See also:

• LAT

Lat. dis-sentire, to disagree)  , one who dissents or disagrees in matters of See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion, belief, &c . The See also:

• TERM

term " See also:

• DISSENTER (Lat. dis-sentire, to disagree)

dissenter is, however, practically restricted to the See also:

• SPECIAL

special sense of a member of a religious See also:

• BODY

body in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England which has, for one See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason or another, separated from the Established See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church . Strictly, the term includes the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholics, who in the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original draft of the See also:

• RELIEF

Relief See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1791 were styled " Protesting See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic Dissenters." It is in practice, however, restricted to the " See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant Dissenters " referred to in sec. ii. of the See also:

• TOLERATION (from Lat. tolerare, to endure)

Toleration Act of 1688 . The term is not applied to those bodies who dissent from the Established Church of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland ; and in speaking of members of religious bodies which have seceded from established churches abroad it is usual to employ the term " dissidents " (See also:

• LAT

Lat. dissidere, to dissent) . In this See also:

• CONNOTATION

connotation the terms " dissenter " and " dissenting," which had acquired a somewhat contemptuous flavour, have tended since the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century to be replaced by " See also:

• NONCONFORMIST

nonconformist," a term which did not originally imply See also:

• SECESSION

secession, but only refusal to conform in certain particulars (e.g. the wearing of the See also:

• SURPLICE (Late Lat. superpelliceum; Fr. super, over, and pellis, fur; Span. sobrepellice; Fr. surplis; in Ital. cotta and Ger. Chorrock, choir coat)

surplice) with the authorized usages of the Established Church . Still more recently the term " nonconformist " has in its turn, as the See also:

• POLITICAL

political attack on the principle of a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed, tended to give See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to the See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of " See also:

• FREE

Free Churches " and " Free Churchman." All three terms are now in use, "nonconformist" being the most usual, as it is the most colourless .