autem cackler

autem cackler

obsolete One who dissents from the teachings of any given denomination of the (Christian) church. "Autem" is an obsolete slang word for church, and the obsolete meaning of "cackle" is to reveal secrets. The church is strong, but those autem cacklers have dissuaded many from the congregation.
See also: autem
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • autem prickear
  • cackle
  • tub
  • autem cackletub
  • autem diver
  • diver
  • autem mort
  • autem
  • autem bawler
  • autem goggler
References in periodicals archive
Nor the cognate Autem Quaver--Autem (church) features in several such diversely targeted compounds' Autem Bawler (parson): Autem Cacklers and Prickears (Dissenters of every denomination); Autem Cackle Tub (a conventicle or meeting-house for Dissenters); Autem Dippers (pickpockets who practise in churches; also churchwardens aim overseers of the poor).
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