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▪ I. nonconˈforming, vbl. n.
[non- 7.]
Failure to conform; esp. to the rites and discipline of the Church of England.
16822nd Plea Nonconformists 14 The Original Crime is Nonconforming; the next is not taking the Oxf. Oath. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 212 [He] had been turn'd out..for Non-Subscribing or Non-Conforming.
▪ II. nonconˈforming, ppl. a.
[non- 6.]
Not conforming to the Church of England (or any established church); pertaining to or supporting nonconformity; = nonconformist attrib. Also in non-religious contexts; spec. (see quot. 1961).
1646J. Saltmarsh (title), Groanes for Liberty: presented from the Presbyterian (formerly Non-conforming) brethren. 1682Wood Life (O.H.S.) III. 23 Mr. John Fairclough vulgo Featly, a non-conforming minister. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 12 Doctor Richard Price, a non-conforming minister of eminence, preached at the dissenting meeting-house of the Old Jewry. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. III. iv. 355 No non-conforming Catholic could buy land, or receive it by descent, devise, or settlement. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 82/1 The nonconforming sects, while helping to preserve several advantageous features of Russian life, have had a powerful influence in maintaining..the old system of the Muscovite family. 1899‘Mark Twain’ Man that corrupted Hadleyburg (1900) 273 Worn officially, our nonconforming swallow-tail is a declaration of ungracious independence in the matter of manners. 1961E. A. Powdrill Vocab. Land Planning iv. 67 When industry of this nature [sc. general industry] is located in an area the primary use of which is residential, shopping, or other non-industrial uses, it is said to be ‘non-conforming’, in that it does not conform, in usage, to the primary use. 1972Jrnl. Social Psychol. LXXXVI. 16 When a non-conforming response was made by an S in the low or high reward condition..he automatically received a coin. 1973N.Y. Law Jrnl. 26 July 2/2 The effect of such a zoning law change is to make the property a non-conforming use. |