Nonjuring

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  • adj. Describing the bishops, clergy and congregations that refused to swear allegiance to William III of England.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not swearing allegiance; -- applied to the party in Great Britain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary, or their successors.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not swearing allegiance: an epithet applied to those clergymen and prelates in England who would not swear allegiance to the government after the revolution of 1688.
    • Word Usage
    "The surprising effect which had been produced by small means, in 1745 – 6, animated their hopes for more important successes, when the whole nonjuring interest of Britain, identified as it then was with great part of the landed gentlemen, should come forward to finish what had been gallantly attempted by a few Highland chiefs."
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    nonjuror   
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