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Webster 1913 Edition


Separatist

Sepˊa-ra-tist

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
séparatiste
.]
One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary.
Heavy fines on divines who should preach in any meeting of
separatist
.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition


Separatist

SEP'ARATIST

,
Noun.
One that withdraws from an established church, to which he has belonged; a dissenter; a seceder; a schismatic; a sectary.