dissentient
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Origin of dissentient
1615–25; < Latin dissentient- (stem of dissentiēns, present participle of dissentīre ), equivalent to dissenti- ( see dissent) + -ent- -ent
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Lea in 1873, his baronetcy dating from 1892, being one of the recognitions made by Lord Salisbury of the services of the Dissentient Liberal allies.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
To Coroner Merival, greetings, but a voice Dissentient from much that goes the rounds, Concerning Elenor Murray.
From Domesday Book by Masters, Edgar Lee
Dissentient and tumultuary drugs Do not much blame them for making their advantage of our folly Doctors: more felicity and duration in their own lives?
From Widger's Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Works of Montaigne by Widger, David
To-day things righted themselves; the rebels say it was only their fun; Dissentient Liberals throw arms round neck of Markiss; protest they would never desert him; Opposition depressed; Ministers elate.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 21 1890 by Various
Dissentient priests, on taking an oath of obedience, might conduct their modes of worship and receive their pensions from government.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)
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