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Conformist

One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a dissenter or nonconformist.

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Orthodox 84% connected

Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures;…

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Orthodox 84% connected

Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures;…

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Conservative 76% connected

Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

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Adapt 74% connected

Fitted; suited.

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Adapt 74% connected

Fitted; suited.

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Conformity 74% connected

Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.

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Conformity 74% connected

Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.

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Conforming 92% connected

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Nonconformist 94% connected

One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter.

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Nonconformist 94% connected

One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter.

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Anglican adjective · 78% connection

English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of En…

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Anglicanism noun · 78% connection

The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party.

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Anglo-Catholic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; -- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church s…

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Benefice noun · 78% connection

An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of di…

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Broad Church unknown · 78% connection

A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, interme…

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Chapel noun · 78% connection

In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse.

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Churchman noun · 78% connection

An Episcopalian, or a member of the Established Church of England.

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Clergy noun · 78% connection

The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in Englan…

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Clergyman noun · 78% connection

An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to preach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to…

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Complier noun · 78% connection

One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yielding temper.

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Conformer noun · 78% connection

One who conforms; one who complies with established forms or doctrines.

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Disassenter noun · 78% connection

One who disassents; a dissenter.

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Disestablishment noun · 78% connection

The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the st…

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Dissent noun · 78% connection

Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity.

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Dissenter noun · 78% connection

One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the C…

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Evangelical adjective · 78% connection

Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to…

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Fashionable noun · 78% connection

A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the plural.

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Harvest-home noun · 78% connection

A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.

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