释义 |
withdrawer|wɪðˈdrɔːə(r)| [f. as prec. + -er1.] One who withdraws, in various senses of the vb.; spec. in Sc. Ch. Hist., one who did not conform to the established church in the 17th century.
1475Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 46 Sethe that none suche were never sene withdrawers or fleers frome batailes. 1580Outred tr. M. Cope's Expos. Prov. 192 b, Joseph..was not a withdrawer of the corne, but a seller. 1606in J. Forbes Cert. Rec. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 519 Contempners of his Majesties lawes, withdrawers and corrupters of his Majestie's subjects hearts from his obedience. c1639Baillie in Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) Introd. 43 They are..withdrawers of their hands. 1677Reg. Privy Council Scot. Ser. iii. (1912) V. 121 Constant withdrawers and keepers of conventicles. 1823J. Brown Hist. Brit. Ch. (new ed.) II. 312 Parliament..enacted [in 1663] That..all with-drawers from the conform incumbents of their own parish, be punished. |