noncovenanter

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noun

One who is not a Covenanter.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounnoncovenanter (plural noncovenanters)

plural noncovenanters

  1. historicalOne who is not a Covenanter.

    Not until 1788, five years after the congregation moved back to its own church, did he baptize the child of a noncovenanter.

    2014, Richard A. Harrison, Princetonians, 1769-1775: A Biographical Dictionary, page 207
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    The nation now was divided into two parties—an overwhelming majority of covenanters, and an astonished, disheartened minority of noncovenanters.

    1827, George Buchanan, James Aikman, The History of Scotland, volume 3, page 448

    These people also quite naturally keep themselves segregated from other people — refuse to eat with them, use their dishes or equipment, or allow their children to touch or marry noncovenanters.

    1971, John Baillie, Religion in Life, volume 40, page 274

Origin

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