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Non-Conformist

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In English law

One who refuses to comply with others; one who refuses to join in the established forms of worship. Non-conformists are of two sorts: (1) Such as absent themselves from divine worship in the Established Church through total irre-llgion, and attend the service of no other persuasion; (2) such as attend the religious service of another persuasion.

Wharton.