† inconˈformist Obs.
[f. in-3 + conformist.]
One who does not conform in matters religious or ecclesiastical; = nonconformist.
| 1633 Ames Agst. Cerem. ii. 196 The Inconformists are by him tossed (as it were) in a blancket. 1634 Canne Necess. Separ. (1849) 198, I will here lay down some few syllogisms, entirely made up between the Inconformists and Conformists. 1658 Manton Exp. Jude vers. 22–3 The late bishops' courts were chiefly bent against the godly; a drunkard and an adulterer found more favour than a goodly inconformist. |