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Nonconformist |
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NonconformistIn religion, originally a member of the Puritan section of the Church of England clergy who, in the Elizabethan age, refused to conform to certain practices, for example the wearing of the surplice and kneeling to receive Holy Communion.
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| See the independence in every step: that's his heel on the neck of the oppressor: it's the nonconformist conscience in baggy breeches. There is nothing in the whole world so unbecoming to a woman as a Nonconformist conscience. He disappeared into his bedroom and returned in a few minutes in the character of an amiable and simple-minded Nonconformist clergyman. |
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