noncovenanter

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ Covenanter.

Noun

noncovenanter (plural noncovenanters)

1. (historical) One who is not a Covenanter.
   • 1827, George Buchanan, James Aikman, The History of Scotland, volume 3, page 448:

     The nation now was divided into two parties—an overwhelming majority of covenanters, and an astonished, disheartened minority of noncovenanters.

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

     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.

   • 2014, Richard A. Harrison, Princetonians, 1769-1775: A Biographical Dictionary, page 207:

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