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dissenterism

dissenterism noun: the spirit or principles of dissenters.

Noun

dissenterism (countable and uncountable, plural dissenterisms)

  1. The spirit or principles of dissenters.
    • But is it a part of the experience of dissenterism we should translate into the bosom of our Free Church ?1843, James Lewis, Finance of the Free Church of Scotland

Forms of dissenterism

pluraldissenterisms

Origin of dissenterism

From dissenter + -ism.

Questions about dissenterism

What does dissenterism mean?
Dissenterism means the spirit or principles of dissenters.
What part of speech is dissenterism?
Dissenterism is a noun.
What is the plural of dissenterism?
The plural of dissenterism is dissenterisms.

Words near dissenterism in the dictionary

  1. dissentation
  2. dissentations
  3. dissented
  4. dissenter
  5. dissenterish
  6. dissenterism
  7. dissenterisms
  8. dissenters
  9. dissentest
  10. dissenteth
  11. dissentience

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