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remonstrant, a. and n.|rɪˈmɒnstrənt|
[ad. med.L. remonstrant-em, pres. pple. of remonstrāre to remonstrate. Cf. F. remontrant (1560).]
A. adj.
1. Eccl. Hist. (With capital initial.)
a. Of or belonging to the Arminian party in the Dutch Reformed Church.
This may also be taken as an attrib. use of the n.
1618Carleton in Hales' Gold. Rem. iii. (1673) 177 Three Remonstrant Preachers..have renounced their Doctrine. 1674Hickman Quinquart. Hist. (ed. 2) 2 Whether the Remonstrant or Contra-Remonstrant opinions be most agreeable. 1736Chandler Hist. Persec. 335 His Excellency..deposed those Magistrates who were of the Remonstrant Persuasion. 1772Fletcher Logica Genev. p. v, Giving you a more favorable opinion of your remonstrant brethren. 1840Penny Cycl. XVII. 376/2 The wicked and cruel persecutions to which the Remonstrant party were subjected in consequence of the synod of Dort.
b. Remonstrant synod: (see quot. 1846).
1839Penny Cycl. XIII. 25/1 The synod of Munster and Remonstrant synod, among whom Unitarian opinions are prevalent. 1846McCulloch Acc. Brit. Empire (1854) II. 307 The Remonstrant Presbyterian synod was formed in May, 1830, in consequence of the separation of 17 ministers, with their congregations, from the General Synod of Ulster.
2. That remonstrates or expostulates.
1641Milton Animadv. Wks. 1851 III. 208 Is it not..to bee wondred that such a weaknesse could fall from the pen of such a wise Remonstrant Man? 1847Ld. J. Russell in Ashwell Life Bp. Wilberforce (1880) I. xi. 459, I must repeat the observation I made in my letter to the remonstrant Bishops. 1863Kinglake Crimea (1876) I. xiii. 213 The principle of a peaceful coercion applied by the whole of the remonstrant Powers. 1867Trollope Chron. Barset I. xviii. 155 The deep angry remonstrant eyes.
B. n.
1. Eccl. Hist. (With capital initial.) A member of the Arminian party in the Dutch Reformed Church, so called from the Remonstrance of 1610.
1618Carleton in Hales' Gold. Rem. iii. (1673) 177 They did the synod wrong to make this distinction of contra⁓remonstrants and remonstrants. 1678R. Barclay Apol. Quakers v. ix. 129 The Remonstrants (as they are commonly called) do generally themselves acknowledge, that without the outward knowledge of Christ there is no Salvation. 1736Chandler Hist. Persec. 335 They were presently suspected..as persons that favoured the Remonstrants. a1819G. Hill Lect. Divin. (1821) III. 192 Grotius favoured the principles of the Remonstrants. 1886Encycl. Brit. XX. 379/2 The Remonstrants are now a small body, but respected for their traditions of scholarship and liberal thought.
2. One who remonstrates; † the author, or a supporter, of a remonstrance (in senses 3 a, 3 b).
1641Milton Animadv. Wks. 1851 III. 187 Wee had not thought that Legion could have furnisht the Remonstrant with so many brethren. 1672[see remonstrating vbl. n.]. 1705T. Hearne Collect. 22 Nov. (O.H.S.) I. 93 He was a feirce Remonstrant. 1755N. Magens Insurances II. 83 The Remonstrants..concluded to apply to Us, praying that we would please to approve and ratify the said Statute. 1800Coleridge Piccolom. iv. vii, Necessity, impetuous remonstrant. 1838De Morgan Ess. Probab. 171 A want..which no government ever will attempt to supply until increasing knowledge..creates an influential body of remonstrants. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xiv. 138 If..the king wished to go to Flanders, the remonstrants were of opinion that they were not bound to serve in that country.
Hence † reˈmonstrant v. intr., to protest against a thing; † reˈmonstranter, a remonstrant; † Remonˈstrantical a., belonging to the party of the Arminian Remonstrants. Obs.
1619Balcanqual in Hales' Gold. Rem. ii. (1673) 128 It was answered, that both the Consistory and Classis of Camps were altogether Remonstrantical. 1650R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1842) III. 110 If great words would..make them submit to the commands of our Remonstranters [etc.]. 1654E. Johnson Wond.-wrkg. Provid. 105* They remonstrant against all Acts of Parliament that passe without their Vote. |