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ˌcontra-reˈmonstrant
[f. as prec. + Remonstrant.]
One who remonstrates in answer or opposition to a remonstrance; spec. in pl. (as proper name) those who put forth or joined in the contra-remonstrance against the remonstrance of the Arminians prior to the Synod of Dort.
1618Hales Gold. Rem. iii. (1673) 177 They did the synod wrong to make this distinction of contra-remonstrants and remonstrants. 1674Hickman Quinquart. Hist. (ed. 2) 25 Let the Contra-Remonstrants be accounted as egregious Calumniators, as the Remonstrants are found to be. 1826C. Butler Life Grotius v. 90 This was favourable to the Arminians; but it increased the violence of the Contra-Remonstrants.
b. attrib. or as adj.
1674Hickman Quinquart. Hist. (ed. 2) 2 Whether the Remonstrant or Contra-Remonstrant opinions be most agreeable. 1736Chandler Hist. Persec. 334 He declared himself openly for the Contra-remonstrant party. |