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Definitions for: Separatist [n] an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union)
[adj] having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"
Webster (1913) Definition: Sep`a*ra*tist, n. [Cf. F. s['e]paratiste.]
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.
Synonyms: breakaway, independent
See Also: advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent
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