Sep`a*ra*tist (?), n. [Cf. F. s'eparatiste.]
One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary.
Heavy fines on divines who should preach in any meeting of separatist .
Macaulay.
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