† non-conˈformable, a. Obs.
[non- 3. See conformable 3 c.]
Nonconforming.
| 1647 Clarendon Hist. Reb. iii. 257 The non-conformable party of the kingdom. 1672 Baxter Bagshaw's Scand. iii. 32 In 1640 there were not found near half so many Non conformable Ministers as are Counties in England. 1691 Wood Ath. Oxon. I. 610 Afterwards shewing himself nonconformable he was deprived of his Archdeaconry. |
| transf. 1670 Brooks Wks. (1867) VI. 417 How wonderfully did he preserve the three children, or rather the three non-conformable champions, from burning in the midst of the flames! 1673 [R. Leigh] Transp. Reh. 43 Schismatick in Poetry, though nonconformable in point of Rhyme. |
| Comb. 1637 W. Saltonstall Eusebius' Constantine 17 Declaring that hee should bee glad to see the Church settled in peace and concord, hating those that were stubborne, refractory, and non-conformable minded. |