Definition of dissent

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Dissent (n.) Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity..

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Disassent :: Disassent (v. i.) To dissent.
Dissenterism :: Dissenterism (n.) The spirit or principles of dissenters.
Dissident :: Dissident (n.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
Bethel :: Bethel (n.) A chapel for dissenters.
Protestation :: Protestation (n.) The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent..
Dissenting :: Dissenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissen.
Conformist :: Conformist (n.) One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or nonconformist..
Dissent :: Dissent (n.) Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality.
Raskolnik :: Raskolnik (n.) One of the separatists or dissenters from the established or Greek church in Russia.
But :: But (adv. & conj.) On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind..
Meetinghouse :: Meetinghouse (n.) A house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in England, applied only to a house so used by Dissenters..
Unanimous :: Unanimous (a.) Being of one mind; agreeing in opinion, design, or determination; consentient; not discordant or dissentient; harmonious; as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of the council were unanimous..
Dissensious :: Dissensious (a.) Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious.
Dissentient :: Dissentient (n.) One who dissents.
Whig :: Whig (n.) One of a political party which grew up in England in the seventeenth century, in the reigns of Charles I. and II., when great contests existed respecting the royal prerogatives and the rights of the people. Those who supported the king in his high claims were called Tories, and the advocates of popular rights, of parliamentary power over the crown, and of toleration to Dissenters, were, after 1679, called Whigs. The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in Englis
Declinator :: Declinator (n.) A dissentient.
Meeting :: Meeting (n.) An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday; -- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters..
Dissentaneous :: Dissentaneous (a.) Disagreeing; contrary; differing; -- opposed to consentaneous.
Sect :: Sect (n.) Those following a particular leader or authority, or attached to a certain opinion; a company or set having a common belief or allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a particular creed, or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in modern times, a party dissenting from an established church; a denomination; in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party..
Chapel :: Chapel (n.) In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse..
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