Cameronian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cameronian \Cam`e*ro"ni*an\, n.
     A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter
     of the time of Charles II.
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     Note: Cameron and others refused to accept the "indulgence"


           offered the Presbyterian clergy, insisted on the Solemn
           league and Covenant, and in 1680 declared Charles II.
           deposed for tyranny, breach of faith, etc. Cameron was
           killed at the battle of Airdmoss, but his followers
           became a denomination (afterwards called Reformed
           Presbyterians) who refused to recognize laws or
           institutions which they believed contrary to the
           kingdom of Christ, but who now avail themselves of
           political rights.
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