Not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought; SYN. unconformist.

A Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England; Also called: chapelgoer.

Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct; SYN. recusant.
In religion, originally a member of the Puritan section of the Church of England clergy who, in the Elizabethan age, refused to conform to certain practices, for example the wearing of the surplice and kneeling to receive Holy Communion.
After 1662 the term was confined to members of independent Protestant churches in Great Britain.