| 释义 |
antiburgher|ˌæntɪˈbɜːgər|
[anti- 5.]
A section of the Secession Church in Scotland (now merged in the United Presbyterian), which held it unscriptural to take the Burgess Oath, and in 1747 separated on this question from the other or ‘Burgher’ section; the two reunited in 1820.
[1753W. Hutton Calumny Rep. & Falsehood Det. 55 You extoll the leniency of Mr. Gib, and his Antiburgess Presbyters, as you call them.] 1766J. Brown Hist. Seceders 67 Meanwhile the Antiburghers to support their cause, persecuted their Burgher brethren with deposition and excommunication. 1815Scott Guy M. xxxii, Troth, sir, I am no free to swear—we aye gaed to the Antiburgher meeting. |