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non-inˈtrusion
[non- 1.]
Absence of intrusion; spec. in the Church of Scotland, applied to the principle of resisting the intrusion by patrons of unacceptable ministers upon objecting congregations. Also attrib.
1840J. Robertson Observ. Veto Act 5 The observations now offered to the public on the non-intrusion enactment of the Assembly, 1834. 1841De Quincey in Blackw. Mag. Aug. 128 All those laymen who profess principles of Non-intrusion. Ibid., In Edinburgh, the peace of the city was sought to be disturbed, by setting up the Non-intrusion Lord Provost against Mr. Macaulay. 1841Macaulay in Trevelyan Life (1880) II. 93 A Non-intrusion opposition has been talked of... The leading Non-intrusionists..have had a conference with me. 1879Encycl. Brit. IX. 744/1 That the church..should reaffirm the principle of non-intrusion as an integral part of the constitution of the Reformed Church of Scotland.
Hence non-inˈtrusionism, the tenets and practice of non-intrusionists; non-inˈtrusionist, one who favours non-intrusion; also attrib.
1841De Quincey in Blackw. Mag. Aug. 128 To vote for a Non-intrusionist was a matter of divine duty. Ibid. 129 To such partisans..Christianity itself is scarcely more important than Non-Intrusionism. Ibid. 132 The sentiments and language of the Non-Intrusionist Lord-Advocate. |