ANTIBURGHER
\ˌantɪbˈɜːɡə], \ˌantɪbˈɜːɡə], \ˌa_n_t_ɪ_b_ˈɜː_ɡ_ə]\
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By Noah Webster.
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an-ti-burg'[.e]r, n. that section of the Scottish Secession Church which parted from the main body (the Burghers) in 1747, holding it unlawful to take the oath administered to burgesses in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Perth, because of the reference to 'the true religion presently professed within this realm.' They read into it an allusion to the Church as by law established, while others interpreted it as signifying simply the Protestant religion. [ANTI- and BURGHER.]
By Thomas Davidson
