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recusant
[ rek-yuh-zuhnt, ri-kyoo-zuhnt ]
adjective
- refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- obstinate in refusal.
- English History. refusing to attend services of the Church of England.
noun
- a person who is recusant.
- English History. a person, especially a Roman Catholic, who refused to attend the services of the Church of England.
recusant
/ ˈrɛkjʊzənt /
noun
- (in 16th to 18th century England) a Roman Catholic who did not attend the services of the Church of England, as was required by law
- any person who refuses to submit to authority
adjective
- (formerly, of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
- refusing to submit to authority
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Derived Forms
- ˈrecusance, noun
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Other Words From
- unrecu·sant adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of recusant1
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Example Sentences
The recusant States must be whipped back into submission to the autocrats that would direct their affairs.
When recovered the second time, he was whipped as well as fed—another lesson which only made the stubborn recusant run the faster.
The recusant was one Walter Simpson, the Vulcan of the parish.
He was summoned to the bar of the House as a Popish recusant.
Uledi returned from his expedition against a recusant officer at Kituntu, bringing with him a spoil of ten women.
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