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 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

He was engaged afterwards in controversy with George Keith, a seceder from the Friends. 

From The History of Thomas Ellwood Written By Himself by Ellwood, Thomas

I shouldn't have been at all sorry if he had been the seceder; he's bored terribly, I know, yet he naturally feels bound to keep his place.

From Thyrza by Gissing, George

When Clive saw Rosalie Faithorn saunter in with James Allys he stared, but that young seceder from his own set greeted him without embarrassment and lighted a cigarette.

From Athalie by Craig, Frank