单词 | protestant dissenters |
释义 | > as lemmasProtestant Dissenters c. spec. One who separates himself from the communion of the Established Church of England or (in Scotland) of Scotland. In early use including Roman Catholics, but now usually restricted to those legally styled Protestant Dissenters. (Usually with capital D.)Occasionally distinguished from Nonconformist, and restricted to those who not only dissent from the national church as it is actually constituted, but disagree with the principle of national or state churches. ΚΠ 1679–88 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) (Camden) 98 To Benja Cranmer, of Hertford, bounty, in consideracion of his charge and service in prosecuting Dissenters in that county, £100. 1683 J. Gadbury in G. Wharton Wks. Pref. 4 Dissenters (a Title Rebellious people pride themselves in, and love to be distinguished by). 1687 Marquis of Halifax Let. to Dissenter 6 It is not so long since, as to be forgotten, that the Maxime was, It is impossible for a Dissenter, not to be a Rebel. 1689 W. Sancroft Instruct. Clergy 2 More especially that they have a very tender Regard to our Brethren the Protestant Dissenters. 1689 Toleration Act 1 W. & M. c. 18 §11 Unlesse such person can produce two sufficient witnesses to testifie upon oath that they believe him to be a Protestant Dissenter. 1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. i. 148 [After Papists] The other Dissenters..may be reduced into four classes, Presbyterians, Independents, Anabaptists, (or as they call themselves), Baptists, and Quakers. 1731 H. Fielding Letter-writers ii. ii. 23 Do you take me for a Dissenter, you Rascal. 1821 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Writings (1892) I. 54 Although the majority of our citizens were dissenters..a majority of the legislature were churchmen. 1826 Petersdorff Abr. Cases in Courts K.B. etc. V. 432 (note) Catholic and Protestant dissenters may plead the Acts of Toleration, and of 31 Geo. 3 to almost all prosecutions under these acts. 1839 Eclectic Rev. 1 Jan. 4 The Protestant Dissenters of English History, in whose favour the provisions of the ‘Toleration Act’ were originally intended to operate, consist of the three denominations which have branched from the original Nonconformists; viz., the Presbyterians, the Congregationalists (or Independents), and the Baptists. 1890 Atkinson Speech House of Commons 22 July I am not a Dissenter; I am a Nonconformist. < as lemmas |
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