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Definition of Seceder
1. n. One who secedes.
Definition of Seceder
1. Noun. (historical) A follower of the 18th-century secession movement from the Church of Scotland. ¹
2. Noun. One who secedes, such as from a country or organization ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seceder
1. one that secedes [n -S] - See also: secedes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seceder
Literary usage of Seceder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge by Sara Coleridge Coleridge, Edith Coleridge (1873)
"Pamphlet by a seceder to the Roman Church—The Hampden Controversy—Church-Ornamentation.
To AUBREY DE VERE, Esq. Dec. 1847.—. . . I have been lately reading ..."
2. The Conquest of Canada by George Warburton (1849)
"... and by death in case of refusal on 1593 return.1 The Puritans were thus driven
to extremity.8 The followers of an enthusiastic seceder named Brown3 ..."
3. Our Press Gang; Or, A Complete Exposition of the Corruptions and Crimes of by Lambert A. Wilmer (1859)
"... with staring across the Atlantic to discover the worst enemies of the Republic.
A CONSCIENTIOUS seceder.—It is mentioned in the Life of James Gordon ..."
4. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are ...by John Jamieson, John Johnstone by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"Robertson was long the leader of the Moderate party in the Kirk Courts ; and
young Jamieson, though a conscientious seceder, and one in a manner dedicated ..."
5. History of Wayne County, Ohio, from the Days of the Pioneers and First by Ben Douglass (1878)
"Mr. Mitchel was originally a Presbyterian, but when he came to Wayne county he
united with the old seceder church at Wooster, then under the pastorate of ..."
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