Dissident

[Lat. di ideo, di idens - dis, and sideo, to sit. See SEAT.] Separated; divided; not agreeing; di enting. church, or form of state religion, whether as regards -n. ( Eccl.) One who disagrees or di ents; a di enter; doctrines, rites, or government; as, a di enting form of worship. -n. Difference of opinion or sentiment; disagreement; declaration of disagreement in opinion; as, the majority expre ed their di ent from the motion. ( Eccl . ) A difference or separation from an established or state form of worship. It is the general name in England for those Protestants who disagree with the discipline or mode of worship of the Established Church. The principal of these are the Presbyterians, Wesley ans, Methodists, Independents, Baptists, and Friends. These, again, are split into numerous subdivisions. In Scotland, the more numerous cla es of di enters separated from the Church in 1740, and are generally known as Seceders , who are divided into Burghers , Anti Burghers, Original Burghers, and Original Seceders. Besides these, there are those known under the name of Relief- Church , who originated in 1758, and the Free Church, which separated from the Established Church in 1842. The early Scottish di enters are the Episcopa lians, and Cameron i ans or Covenanters, or Reformed Presbyterian Synod. The Jews and Roman Catholics are seldom included in the term di enters. The first datum of di ent, as an important movement, is placed in the time of Edward VI., in 1548, when a controversy arose between the Church and Hooper by his refusing to be consecrated bishop in the robes, as heathenish. He was, however, consecrated without canonicals; hence the terms Conformist, and Non - conformist , the latter of which in Elizabeth's reign became merged in the term Puritan . Di ent a'neo us, a. Inconsistent; contrary; denoting di ent or difference.