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Webster 1913 Edition
Unalist
U′nal-ist
(ū′nal-ĭst)
, Noun.
[L.
unus
one.] (Eccl.)
An ecclesiastic who holds but one benefice; – distinguished from
pluralist
. [Eng.]
V. Knox.
Definition 2024
unalist
unalist
English
Noun
unalist (plural unalists)
- (Britain) An ecclesiastical who holds only one benefice.
- Vicesimus Knox, The Spirit of Despotism
- I do not deny but there are pluralists of great ecclesiastical merit; but I do deny that in general pluralists have greater merit than unalists […]
- Vicesimus Knox, The Spirit of Despotism