SEPARATIST

separatist. Separatist, n. a schismatic, dissenter, seceder

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Sep′a‐ra‐tist (?), n. [[Cf. F. séparatiste.]] One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary. Heavy fines on divines who should preach in any meeting of separatist . Macaulay.