About The Word Recusant
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Recusant
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What's The Definition Of Recusant?
[n] someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
[adj] refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams [adj] (of Catholics formerly) refusing to attend services of the Church of England Synonyms | Synonyms for Recusant: disobedient | dissentient | nonconformist | unorthodox Related Terms | Find terms related to Recusant: See Also | beat | beatnik | bohemian | contestant | dissenter | dissident | enfant terrible | heretic | maverick | objector | protester | rebel Recusant In Webster's Dictionary \Re*cu"sant\ (-zat; 277), a.[L. recusans, -antis, p.
pr. of recure to refuse, to oject to; pref. re- re + causa a
cause, pretext: cf. F. r['e]cusant. See {Cause}, and cf.
{Ruse}.]
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.
It stated him to have placed his son in the household
of the Countess of Derby, a recusant papist. --Sir W.
Scott.
\Re*cu"sant\, n. 1. One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion. The last rebellious recusants among the European family of nations. --De Quincey. 2. (Eng. Hist.) 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. --Brande & C. 3. One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist. All that are recusants of holy rites. --Holyday. |
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