dissenterism

English

Etymology

dissenter +‎ -ism

Noun

dissenterism (countable and uncountable, plural dissenterisms)

1. The spirit or principles of dissenters.
   • 1843, James Lewis, Finance of the Free Church of Scotland:

     But is it a part of the experience of dissenterism we should translate into the bosom of our Free Church ?

References

“dissenterism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.