† non-ˈswearer Obs.
[non- 2.]
= non-juror. Also attrib.
| 1690 Let. to Dissenting Clergyman 10 Some of the Gentlemen..are such as have admired even the meanest of the Non-Swearers. 1691 [see non-juror]. 1691 Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 326 One Wilcox, a nonswearer parson. 1692 Let. to Friend in Harleian Misc. (1746) VII. 296 All our Non-swearers could not hinder the late Revolution, nor can they make another. c 1693 Mem. Cnt. Teckely Pref. p. xi, The best Use of this is to be made by the Non-swearers. |
So † non-ˈswearing vbl. n. and ppl. a., non-juring.
| 1691 Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 162 The other non-swearing bishops. 1692 Let. to Friend in Harleian Misc. (1746) VII. 296 Could their Non-swearing restore him to his Throne again, it would [etc.]. a 1704 T. Brown Satire upon French King Wks. 1730 I. 59 A non-swearing parson. |