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adherer ? Obs.|ædˈhɪərə(r)|
[f. adhere + -er1.]
One who adheres or gives his adhesion (to an act, proposal, etc.). More general and loose in its application than adherent, which implies a professed or organized adherer.
1635F. White Sabbath-day 192 A labyrinth, out of which he and his adherers [printed adheres] will not easily free themselves. 1649Drummond of Hawthornden James V Wks. 1711, 106 It is an errour of state..to condemn to death the adherers to new doctrine. 1650J. Row (son) Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 485 This Supplication given in to the Councill, the number of adhearers there to multiplied daylie. 1733Swift Choice of Recorder Wks. 1745 VIII. 286 A firm adherer to the established church. |