unalist

English

Etymology

Latin unus one.

Noun

unalist (plural unalists)

1. (archaic, UK) A churchman who holds only one benefice.
   • 1795, Vicesimus Knox, The Spirit of Despotism:

     I do not deny but there are pluralists of great ecclesiastical merit; but I do deny that in general pluralists have greater merit than unalists […]

Related terms

• pluralist

References

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

Anagrams

• sultani