Burgher (Church history)
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In the Scottish church of the 18th and 19th centuries, a burgher was a person who upheld the lawfulness of the burgess oath.[1][2]
The burgess oath was the oath which a town burgess was required to swear on taking office.[3]
The burghers' position was in opposition to the seceders and Anti-Burghers.