non-usagern.
/nɒnˈjuːsɪdʒə/, /nɒnˈjuːzɪdʒə/, U.S. /nɑnˈjusɪdʒər/, /nɑnˈjuzɪdʒər/ Church History.
A member of the section of nonjurors which rejected the practices known as the usages (usage n. 1b) in the celebration of the Eucharist. Usually in plural.
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society > faith > worship > vow > non-jurancy > [noun] > one characterized by > observing usages > not
non-usager1845
1845 Littell's Living Age 1 Nov. 224/2 Before the receipt of this communication, the nonjurors had been rent asunder by the ‘Usage’ controversy. The non-usagers took no further part in the affair, but a long and learned reply was returned in 1722 by Collier.
1885 Dict. National Biogr. Blackbourne, John Blackbourne belonged to that section of the nonjurors..who were known as ‘nonusagers’.
1978 A. Dunstan in C. Jones et al. Study of Liturgy xiii. 273 Controversy raged between the ‘Usagers’ (those who wanted to return to certain practices claimed as primitive—the mixed chalice, epiclesis, etc.) and the ‘Non-Usagers’.
2001 Church Times 20 July 19/1 The divisions between the Usagers and the Non-Usagers were greater than is usually claimed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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