Dis″si‐dent, n.(Eccl.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidenc� as a laudable and necessary opposition to ecclesiastical usurpation. I. Taylor.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.