Recusant

[rekjuznt]

Definition

(adj.) refusing to submit to authority; 'the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate'- Mary W.Williams .

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Definition

(a.) 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; as, a recusant lord.

(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; as, a Roman Catholic recusant, who acknowledges the supremacy of the pope.

(n.) One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Dissenter, nonconformist.

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Definition

adj. obstinate in refusal esp. to comply with the Anglican ritual.—n. a nonconformist: one who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the sovereign in religious matters.—ns. Rec′ūsance Rec′ūsancy state of being a recusant: nonconformity or its tenets; Recusā′tion.—adj. Recū′sative.

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