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Definition of Nonjuror
1. n. One of those adherents of James II. who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688; a Jacobite.
Definition of Nonjuror
1. Noun. One who is not a juror. ¹
2. Noun. (historical) One who refused to swear a particular oath. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonjuror
1. one who refuses to take a required oath [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonjuror
Literary usage of Nonjuror
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"... the now almost forgotten play of Cibber, entitled " The nonjuror," founded on
the Tartufe of Molière. Some of them became identified with the Jacobites. ..."
2. Good Queen Anne: Or, Men and Manners, Life and Letters in England's Augustan Age by William Henry Davenport Adams (1886)
"... Anne's reign—Colley Gibber—Actor and manager—His quarrel with Pope—His plays—'She
Would and She Would Not'—'The Careless Husband '—•' The nonjuror'—•' ..."
3. A Biographical History of England, from the Revolution to the End of George by Mark Noble, James Granger (1806)
"Bromley places this gentleman amongst the clergy, and terms him a nonjuror, I
can discover no traces of his life. NONCONFORMISTS. ..."
4. Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their by Samuel Johnson (1854)
"Born at Shelton, in Staffordshire — Educated at Cambridge, but leaves without
taking a Degree — Becomes a nonjuror — Secretary to the Earl of Orrery and ..."
5. Cassell's New Biographical Dictionary: Containing Memoirs of the Most by Cassell Publishing Company, Cassell publishing company, pub (1893)
"1772), nonjuror and classical scholar, was librarian to Jeremy Collier, and
afterwards practised as a physician in Essex. He edited Justin Martyr's Dialogue ..."
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