Sĕp'a-ra-tĭst, n.

n. [Fr. séparatiste. See SEPARATE.] One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a non-conformist; a schismatic; a sectary. “Heavy fines on divines who should preach in any meeting of separatists.” Macaulay.