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Complete Definition of "recusant"

English

Etymology
From Latin recusare �refuse�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'r�kj�z�nt/

Noun
en-noun

  1. historical someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries
  2. anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation

Synonyms
papist

Related terms
recusancy

Adjective
recusant

  1. pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy

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