dissenterism (disenterizm)

[ He... tried to lay plans for his campaign and heroic desperate attempts to resuscitate the shop-keeping Dis senterism of Carling ford into a lofty Nonconformist ideal. Mrs. Oliphant , Salem Chapel, iii. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary di entience di entience (di-sen's hens), n. [ di entient : see -ence, -ce.] e.) The state of di enting; di ent. [Rare.] Hence what appears to some an irreconcilable di en tience, an obstinate determination not to be convinced, may really have another character. J. Owen, Evenings with Skeptics, I. 238. di entient (di-sen's hent), a. and n. [= It. di enziente , di entien (t-)s, ppr. of di en tire, di ent: see di ent , v.] I. a. Disagreeing; expre ing di ent; di enting. Without one di entient voice. V. Knox , Winter Evenings, xxxvii. The youthful friend, di entient , reason'd still Of the soul's prowe , and the subject will. Crabbe, Works, V. 13. Three of the four united colonies declared for war; yet the di entient Ma achusetts interposed delay. Bancroft, Hist. U. S., I. 359. II. n. One who disagrees and declares his di ent. There were eleven observers [of the sound-producing powers of four different kinds of gunpowder), all of whom, without a single di entient, pronounced the sound of the fine-grain powder loudest of all. Pop. Sci. Mo., XIII. 277. di enting (di-sen'ting), p. a. Having the character of di ent; belonging to or connected with a body of di enters: as, a di enting minister or congregation; a di enting chapel. See di enter. Di enting Chapels Acts. See Lord Lynd