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NONCONFORMIST , a See also:term denoting historically (a) those persons who at the beginning of the 17th See also:century refused to conform to certain practices, e.g. the wearing of the See also:surplice, kneeling at the reception of the See also:Sacrament, &c., of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of See also:England; (b) those who, after the passing of the See also:Act of Uniformity 1662, refused to conform to that act and ceased to be members of the church. In current usage the term" non-conformist " is applied in See also:Great See also:Britain to any member of a church not conforming to the ceremonies, See also:worship and doctrines ("forms") of the Church of England, but is generally used of a member of the so-called See also:Free Churches, or See also:Protestant Dissenters, and is not usually applied to See also:Roman Catholics. The name can also be applied, in other countries, to those who do not belong to the established See also:religion. Strictly a " See also:dissenter " is one who dissents from the church as an " established " See also:body, or who
dissents from the See also:establishment of a See also:state church, while conforming or not to its forms, ceremonies or practice.
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