subscriptionistn.

1772 G. Harvest Reasonableness & Necessity of Subscription Pref. p. ii The Necessity of what is chiefly contended for against Mr. Chandler, and other Anti-subscriptionists.]

1773 J. Jebb Every Man his Own Priest xii. in Wks. (1787) III. 227 The legislature presumes, that the person consenting is a member of the church of England, without further ceremony. But this would not serve the purpose of our subtile subscriptionists.

1829 Q. Rev. Apr. 286 Dr. Parr rushed forward to the very front rank of dupes, and headed the subscriptionists to the famous confession of faith.

1893 N. Amer. Rev. July 3 The strict subscriptionists were not satisfied. They agitated in several of the presbyteries for a narrow interpretation of the Adopting Act.

1967 New Eng. Q. 40 101 The attacks..upon ‘the legal scheme’ of the subscriptionists and the covenant theology were essentially stimulated by a pietistic fear.

2009 J. Belcher Deep Church x. 181 The strict subscriptionists believe that every part of the Confession must be agreed to. The system subscriptionists, on the other hand, believe fidelity to the system of the Confession is more important than holding to every proposition.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Blessed are Ye that Sow p. ix The numbers printed weekly on stamped paper were sent by the post to a scanty number of subscribers and (a sad but important distinction!) to a still scantier number of subscriptionists.

1853 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 19 Oct. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. i. 52 I wish..I had given this poor family ten shillings, and denied it to a begging subscriptionist, who has just fleeced me to that amount.

1919 Southern Pharmaceut. Jrnl. Feb. 296/2 Undeserving charities (ticket sellers, subscriptionists and all the rest) were discouraged by us.

1937 Commonweal 22 Jan. 361/2 There are too many diocesan weeklies bought merely to get rid of the subscriptionists or out of charity.