nonagesimal

& s. [Lat. nonage sim us, from nonaginta =ninety.] A. As adj.: or to the num II. Technically : 2859 1. Eng . Hist . ( pl . ): Those who declined to conform their worship to that by law established. They were of two kinds: First, those who, being religious, worshiped nowhere; second, those who attended the services of some other religious de nomination than the established church. It was more frequently used of the latter cla . The name was first applied to those who declined to conform to the enactments of the Act of Uniformity, 2 & 3 Edward VI., c. 1, pa ed in 1549. It was revived and applied to the two you sand clergymen, who had to surrender their livings on account of their inability to conform to the more celebrated Act of Uniformity. 14 Charles II., c. 4, first enforced on Aug. 24, 1662. Etymologically viewed, a Di enter and a Conformist somewhat differ. The former word denotes that he feels differently from Churchmen, that his sym pathies go in a different direction; the latter word nonpareil