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Protestant :: Protestant (v.) One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church..

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 The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in Englis

Chapel :: Chapel (n.) In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse..

Dissentient :: Dissentient (v. i.) Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting.

Dissented :: Dissented (imp. & p. p.) of Dissen.

Dissentaneous :: Dissentaneous (a.) Disagreeing; contrary; differing; -- opposed to consentaneous.

Dissident :: Dissident (n.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.

Meetinghouse :: Meetinghouse (n.) A house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in England, applied only to a house so used by Dissenters..

Disassent :: Disassent (v. i.) To dissent.

Dissenter :: Dissenter (n.) One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist..

Dissentive :: Dissentive (a.) Disagreeing; inconsistent.

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

Sectary :: Sectary (n.) A sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or disciple of some particular teacher in philosophy or religion; one who separates from an established church; a dissenter.

Dissent :: Dissent (v. i.) To differ; to be of a contrary nature.

Dissentation :: Dissentation (n.) Dissension.

Dispute :: Dispute (v. t.) To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments..

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..

Declinator :: Declinator (n.) A dissentient.

Dissenting :: Dissenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dissen.

Dissentiate :: Dissentiate (v. t.) To throw into a state of dissent.

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