The dissenting inhabitants of Samaria are naturally absent from such a festival.
The free atmosphere of dissenting academies (colleges) favoured new ideas.
Under the new act marriages of non Catholics solemnized by diplomatic or consular officers or by ministers of dissenting churches, if properly registered, are valid, and those solemnized before the passing of this act were to be valid if registered before the end of 1899.
He exerted great influence both among dissenting ministers and among clergy of the established church.
Heavy fines made it impossible for preachers in poor circumstances to continue without claiming the protection of the Toleration Act, and the meeting-houses had to be registered as dissenting chapels.
