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

"And is it Landry, the recreant, the apostate, the only seceder of our family from the just cause, who speaks thus?" said the old woman lifting her head with a haggard expression.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 by Various

Cowles at once resigned from the High Council and the Presidency of the church at Nauvoo, and was looked on as a seceder.

From The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 by Linn, William Alexander

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

Another seceder was �tienne Parent, the editor of the revived Canadien, and one of the great figures in French-Canadian literature.

From The 'Patriotes' of '37 A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion by DeCelles, Alfred D. (Alfred Duclos)