Congreˈgationist
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
† 1. = congregationalist. Obs.
| 1659 Gauden Slight Healers (1660) 105 Independents, or Congregationists, which seemed to stickle for the interests of people in religious transactions. 1730–6 Bailey (folio), Congregationists, Dissenters from the Church of England. |
2. A member of a Roman Catholic congregation or lay brotherhood under ecclesiastical direction; also attrib. = congreganist.
| 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc's Hist. Ten Y. I. 435 Imbued with that jesuitism which had crept into all the courts of Europe..Skrzynecki was a constant frequenter of the churches..a congregationist in epaulettes. 1882 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 93 He..introduced various religious orders and Congregationist Schools. |