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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A name given to the followers of Thomas Cartwright, two of whom in 1572 published “An Admonition to Parliament,” followed by a second one by himself, strongly advocating church government by presbyters as opposed to bishops, and the supremacy of the church over the state.

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