dissentient
- s (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
- s disagreeing, especially with a majority
- Four of Roberts' representatives signed a "dissentient" minority report, warning that many Methodists would be unable to accept such violations of tradition as episcopal .
- Hardly a dissentient voice came from Methodists or Congregationalists.
- Their chief delight, however, is in apt aphorisms: ''Two resolute men acting in concord may transform an Empire, but an ordinarily resourceful duck can escape from a dissentient .