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Separatist   /sˈɛpərətɪst/   Listen
Separatist

noun
1.
An advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union).  Synonym: separationist.



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"Separatist" Quotes from Famous Books



... views scattered among the Independent communities, it was not until the time of John Smith or Smyth (d. 1612) that the modern Baptist movement in England broke away from Brownism. Smyth was appointed preacher of the city of Lincoln in 1600 as an ordained clergyman, but became a separatist in 1605 or 1606, and, soon after, emigrated under stress of persecution with the Gainsborough Independents to Amsterdam. With Thomas Helwys (ca. 1560-ca. 1616) and Morton he joined the "Ancient" church there, but, coming under Mennonite teaching in 1609, he separated ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 - "Banks" to "Bassoon" • Various
... adding of ist: as, sensual, sensualist; separate, separatist; royal, royalist; fatal, fatalist. These denote persons devoted, addicted, or ...
— The Grammar of English Grammars • Goold Brown


Words linked to "Separatist" :   church service, exponent, independent, separate, proponent, white separatist, separatism, separationist, advocate, church, advocator


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