Dis"si*dent , n.
(Eccl.) One who
disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
The dissident,
habituated and taught to think of his dissidenc&?; as a laudable and necessary opposition to ecclesiastical usurpation.
I.
Taylor.
Dis"si*dent (?), a. [L. dissidens, -entis, p.
pr. of dissidere to sit apart, to
disagree; dis- +
sedere to sit: cf. F. dissident. See Sit.]
No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.
Our life and
manners be dissident
from theirs.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
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