Category:Separatist

Sep`a*ra*tist, n. Etym: [cf. F. séparatiste.]

Defn: one who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who Withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an Established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a Sectary. Heavy fines on divines who should preach in any meeting of separatist . Macaulay.