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root-and-brancher

root-and-brancher noun: a member of the English Independents, who advocated local congregational control of religious and church matters, without any wider ecclesiastical or political hierarchy.

Noun

root-and-brancher (plural root-and-branchers)

  1. (historical) A member of the English Independents, who advocated local congregational control of religious and church matters, without any wider ecclesiastical or political hierarchy.

Forms of root-and-brancher

pluralroot-and-branchers

Origin of root-and-brancher

From root and branch + -er.

Questions about root-and-brancher

What does root-and-brancher mean?
Root-and-brancher means a member of the English Independents, who advocated local congregational control of religious and church matters, without any wider ecclesiastical or political hierarchy.
What part of speech is root-and-brancher?
Root-and-brancher is a noun.
What is the plural of root-and-brancher?
The plural of root-and-brancher is root-and-branchers.

Words near root-and-brancher in the dictionary

  1. root word
  2. root words
  3. root zone
  4. root zones
  5. root-and-branch
  6. root-and-brancher
  7. root-and-branchers
  8. root-bound
  9. root-cause
  10. root-caused
  11. root-causes

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