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dissenterism

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English

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Etymology

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From dissenter +‎ -ism.

Noun

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dissenterism (countable and uncountable, plural dissenterisms)

  1. The spirit or principles of dissenters.
    • 1843, James Lewis, Finance of the Free Church of Scotland:
      But is it a part of the experience of dissenterism we should translate into the bosom of our Free Church ?

References

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dissenterism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.