contra-remonstrantn.
a. One who remonstrates in answer or opposition to a remonstrance; spec. in plural (as proper name) those who put forth or joined in the contra-remonstrance against the remonstrance of the Arminians prior to the Synod of Dort.
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the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > person answering > against a remonstrance
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1619 D. Carleton Let. 14 Jan. 177 in J. Hales Golden Remains (1673) The Doctrine teached by the Contra-Remonstrants is the Orthodox, from which they will never hereafter swerve.
1673 H. Hickman Hist. Quinq-articularis 23 Let the Contra-Remonstrants be accounted as egregious Calumniators: as the Remonstrants are found to be.
1826 C. Butler Life Grotius v. 90 This was favourable to the Arminians; but it increased the violence of the Contra-Remonstrants.
b. attributive or as adj.
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1673 H. Hickman Hist. Quinq-articularis 2 Whether the Remonstrant or Contra-Remonstrant opinions be most agreeable.
1736 S. Chandler Hist. Persecution 334 He declared himself openly for the Contra-remonstrant party.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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