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Paisleyite, a. and n.|ˈpeɪzlɪaɪt|
[f. the name of Ian Paisley (b. 1926), Ulster Presbyterian minister and politician + -ite1.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Ian Paisley or his followers.
B. n. A supporter of Ian Paisley and his advocacy of Protestant interests in Northern Ireland and the independence of Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland. So ˈPaisleyism, the religious and political principles of Paisleyites.
1966Guardian 18 July 4/5 Paisleyism might have been expected to cause alarm and fierce anger in the [Irish] Republic. Ibid. 25 July 1/2 A Government order restricting a Paisleyite march. 1966New Statesman 30 Sept. 468/3 The Cormac Square riots, when the Paisleyites marched on the General Assembly of the Irish Presbyterian Church. 1968Listener 19 Dec. 823/2 Through the day, groups of Paisleyites infiltrated into the cordoned-off city. 1969Daily Tel. 26 Feb. 16 Mr. Roy Bradford..increased his majority in his Belfast constituency..despite the intervention of a Paisleyite candidate. 1970Guardian 18 Apr. 11/5 The likelihood is that the Paisleyite opposition will increase its numbers in Stormont. 1976J. Carroll Madonna Red (1977) iii. 98 He knew the bitter energy that faith could release against Paisleyites and Jews. 1978D. Murphy Place Apart vii. 148 However people may disagree in their analyses of Paisley the man, everybody recognises the danger of Paisleyism the cult. |