单词 | voluntaryist |
释义 | voluntaryistn. One who advocates or upholds the voluntary system of support and control in religious or (latterly esp.) educational institutions. Also, an advocate of voluntary military service. (Cf. voluntarist n.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [noun] > freedom from state control > one who advocates voluntary1834 voluntaryist1842 1842 E. Miall in Nonconf. II. 305 The proceedings of voluntaryists hitherto..have not been on a commanding scale. 1869 Spectator 24 July 861 We are not Voluntaryists,..but his Grace of Canterbury's remarks seem to us thoroughly intolerant..in the head of a national Church. 1888 T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster I. 311 A vigorous attack upon the voluntaryists,..showing how complete had been the failure of the voluntary system to meet the educational wants of the people. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1842 |
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