seceder

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One prominent seceder, Oxford Researcher John Roche, has collected 1,500 case histories of disenchanted Opus members that he hopes to present to John Paul this year.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Clive saw Rosalie Faithorn saunter in with James Allys he stared, but that young seceder from his own set greeted him without embarrassment and lighted a cigarette.

From Athalie by Craig, Frank

What is counted as virtue in the faithful member of the herd, is vice in the seceder.

From The Bride of Dreams by Auw, Mellie von

Notwithstanding the protests of the Protestant party, it was decreed that if such an event should occur the seceder could claim his own personal property, but not the property attached to his office.

From History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 by MacCaffrey, James

And it cannot possibly investigate each particular case, whether the seceder is perhaps a faithful follower of Christ, a truly original spirit or simply an eccentric fool or weakling.

From The Bride of Dreams by Auw, Mellie von