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Nonconformist   /nˌɑnkənfˈɔrmɪst/   Listen
Nonconformist

adjective
1.
Not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought.  Synonym: unconformist.  "The old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers"  Antonym: conformist.
2.
Not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion.  Synonym: nonconforming.
noun
1.
A Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England.  Synonym: chapelgoer.  Antonym: Anglican.
2.
Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct.  Synonym: recusant.  Antonym: conformist.






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"Nonconformist" Quotes from Famous Books



... Hutchinson and Neal in regard to such persecutions, and remonstrances by the Rev. Drs. Owen and T. Goodwin, and other Nonconformist ministers ...
— The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 - From 1620-1816 • Egerton Ryerson

... CHIEF-JUSTICE—Did she ask thee whether that man knew anything of a question she had asked thee, and that was only of being a nonconformist? ...
— State Trials, Political and Social - Volume 1 (of 2) • Various

... near Liverpool Street Station, is located the house, chapel, burial-grounds, and tomb of John Wesley. Across the street, in an old Nonconformist cemetery, are the graves of James Watt, Daniel Defoe, and John Bunyan. Across the narrow street to the north is the tabernacle of Whitefield. We learned that Friday, July 7th, was reopening day for Wesley's Chapel. What a distinguished ...
— Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes • J. M. Judy

... BURTON, "asked why this drastic, this dishonest, this catchpenny, this gerrymandering Bill should have been brought in?.... They had heard much of late about the Nonconformist Conscience, which was said to be the backbone of the Liberal Party. He firmly believed that the Bill had been brought forward to suit the Nonconformist Conscience, to pander to the hypocritical self-righteousness, and the sham respectability of a certain class."—Lord ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 25, 1893 • Various

... appear that the figure represents one of the daughters, or possibly the wife, of the sixth Earl of Devon. An interesting inscription in the south transept perpetuates the name of John Wilkins, who was minister from 1647 to 1660 when, as a Nonconformist, he was ...
— Wanderings in Wessex - An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter • Edric Holmes


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