non-intrusionistn.adj.
/ˌnɒnɪnˈtruːʒn̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˌnɑnᵻnˈtruʒ(ə)nəst/ Now historical.
A. n.
A person who favours non-intrusion.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > induction > [noun] > of ordained minister to charge > to whom congregation objects > absence of > supporter of
non-intrusionist1841
Non1881
1841 T. De Quincey in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 128 To vote for a Non-intrusionist was a matter of divine duty.
1907 N.E.D. at Moderate sb. About 1843 the abbreviated forms Mods and Nons were familiarly used for ‘Moderates’ and ‘Non-intrusionists’.
1993 S. J. Brown et al. Scotl. in Age Disruption p. xiii The cartoons approach the subject from a detached point of view—taking a light-hearted look at the presbyterian Dissenters, the Moderates, and the Evangelical non-intrusionists.
B. adj.
That favours or advocates non-intrusion; relating to non-intrusion.
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1841 T. De Quincey in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 132 The sentiments and language of the Non-Intrusionist Lord-Advocate.
1959 J. M. S. Careless Brown of Globe I. i. 20 With the upsurge of evangelicism in Scotland, a zealous Non-Intrusionist party had arisen.
1979 Amer. Hist. Rev. 84 162/2 Another part concerns..movements seeking greater self-government by the church:..the Non-Intrusionist Seceders among the Scottish Calvinists.
1998 W. Ferguson Identity Sc. Nation 308 Queen Victoria's Coronation..came as a relief from the interminable Non-intrusionist Controversy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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