dissenterism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

dissenter +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

dissenterism (countable and uncountable, plural dissenterisms)

  1. The spirit or principles of dissenters.
    • 1843, James Lewis, Finance of the Free Church of Scotland:
      But is it a part of the experience of dissenterism we should translate into the bosom of our Free Church ?

References[edit]

“dissenterism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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