Recusant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of the Roman Catholics in England who incurred legal and social penalties in the 16th century and afterward for refusing to attend services of the Church of England.
  • n. A dissenter; a nonconformist.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries
  • n. anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation
  • adj. pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the established rites of the church.
  • n. One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion.
  • n. A person who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in matters of religion.
  • n. One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to attend divine service in Anglican churches, or to acknowledge the ecclesiastical supremacy of the crown.
  • n. One obstinate in refusing; one who will not conform to general opinion or practice.
  • n. Specifically, in English history, one who refused to attend divine worship in Anglican churches, or to acknowledge the ecclesiastical supremacy of the crown.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
  • adj. refusing to submit to authority
  • n. someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
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    nonconformist    disobedient    dissenter    heretic    papist   
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