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Separatist
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary. Heavy fines on divines who should preach in any meeting of separatist . Macaulay.