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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(chiefly Early Modern, archaic) One who takes exception or protests..
Thus much (Readers) in favour of the ſofter ſpirited Chriſtian, for other exceptioners there was no thought taken.
[This] interpretation will overbeare with me an hundred moderne exceptioners, if they should deny that a man may be said to have a right unless he himselfe be the immediate subject of the right, as if it were a naturall accident inherent in him […]
But secondly, I answer, that if our Exceptioners mean only, that those rational Faculties do sometimes furnish Men with a greater natural sagacity; […] it must be allowed as true.
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Exceptioner means (chiefly Early Modern, archaic) One who takes exception or protests..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Thus much (Readers) in favour of the ſofter ſpirited Chriſtian, for other exceptioners there was no thought taken.
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