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conformist|kənˈfɔːmɪst|
[f. conform v. + -ist.]
1. One who conforms to any usage or practice.
1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 122 A Conformist to the old Superstitious Ceremonies. 1697C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 255 Thoroughly a Conformist to every the least..Custom or Fashion among the Quakers. 1754Richardson Grandison (1781) VI. xxix. 183 In my own dress, I am generally a conformist to the fashion. 1827Hallam Const. Hist. (1876) I. iii. 110 Several pliant conformists with all changes. 1834Medwin Angler in Wales I. 124 He was a conformist of the Church of England, but rather lax in his devotions.
2. One who conforms in matters religious or ecclesiastical; spec. in Eng. Hist. one who conforms to the usages of the Church of England as required by the successive Acts of Uniformity, esp. that of 1662; the negative Nonconformist is now in more common use.
occasional conformist: one who practised ‘occasional conformity’; see conformity 3.
1634Canne Necess. Separ. (1849) 43, I must confess that the Conformists keep much better to their grounds than the other do. a1640J. Ball Answ. to Can i. (1642) 101 The Conformists (I use that Word because you are pleased so to speake). 1703De Foe Shortest Way to Peace Misc. 444 When I speak of the Church of England, I mean the General Body of Orthodox Conformists. 1709Sacheverell Serm. 5 Nov. 22 The Whiggs..are Conformists in Profession, Half-Conformists in Practice, and Non-Conformists in Judgment. 1710Let. to New Memb. Parl. in Select. Harl. Misc. (1793) 568 Our occasional conformists, if not well looked after, will swallow up our government by this cunning hypocrisy. 1805W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. III. 286 The coronation oath binds the sovereign to be a conformist. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 60 In that year began the long struggle between two great parties of conformists..the High Church party and the Low Church party. 1880A. R. Ellis Sylvestra II. 56 The rector kept a sharp eye on occasional conformists.
3. Collector's name for a moth (Xylina conformis).
1869E. Newman Brit. Moths 427 The Conformist Moth.
4. attrib.
1641R. Brooke Eng. Episc. 90 The Church of England hath three maine Divisions, the Conformist, the Non-Conformist and the Separatist. 1885Manch. Exam. 8 May 5/3 Either in Conformist or Nonconformist pulpits. |