Separatist | Puritans, Pilgrims, Dissenters | Britannica Separatist, any of the English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who wished to separate from the perceived corruption of the Church of England and form independent local churches Separatists were most influential politically in England during the time of the Commonwealth (1649–60) under Oliver Cromwell, the lord protector, who was himself a Separatist
SEPARATIST Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of SEPARATIST is one that favors separatism capitalized: one of a group of 16th and 17th century English Protestants preferring to separate from rather than to reform the Church of England