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Another word for nonconformist

Noun

  1. A person who dissents from the doctrine of an established church

    2. See also:

    religion

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Sentence Examples

  • There are about thirty nonconformist chapels, in nearly a third of which the services are Welsh.

  • GEORGE BURDER (1752-1832), English Nonconformist divine, was born in London on the 5th of June 1752.

  • JOSEPH PRIESTLEY (1733-1804), English chemist and Nonconformist minister, was born on the 13th of March 1733 at Fieldhead, a hamlet near Birstal in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

  • The Marriage Act 1898 dispensed with the necessity of the attendance of a registrar at marriages celebrated at a nonconformist place of worship, substituting in place thereof a person duly authorized by the trustees of the place of worship, if the persons intending to be married so desire; but the parties may, if they wish, still require the presence of the registrar.

  • It was Whig in politics and Nonconformist in theology.

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