dissident

n. நிலைபெற்ற திருச்சபையினின்று பிரித்தவர், திருச்சபைக் கோட்பாட்டை ஏற்க ஒவ்வாதவர், (பெயரடை) கருத்து வேறுபடுகிற, இணக்கமற்ற.

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Dis"si*dent, a. Etym: [L. dissidens, -entis, p. pr. of dissidere to sit apart, to disagree; dis- + sedere to sit: cf. F. dissident. See Sit.] Defn: No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different. Our life and manners be dissident from theirs. Robynson (More's Utopia). Dis"si*dent, n. (Eccl.) Defn: One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion. The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidencI. Taylor.

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