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Definition of Recusant

1. Adjective. (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England.

2. Noun. Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct.

3. Adjective. Refusing to submit to authority. "The recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"

Definition of Recusant

1. 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.

2. n. One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion.

Definition of Recusant

1. Noun. (historical) someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries ¹

2. Noun. anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation ¹

3. Adjective. pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Recusant

1. one who refuses to accept established authority [n -S]

Medical Definition of Recusant

1. 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. 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. 3. One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist. "All that are recusants of holy rites." (Holyday) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Recusant

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Literary usage of Recusant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Robert Philip Tyrwhitt (1824)
"in the county of am a popish recusant, and in 2. And by the 3 J. c. 5. § 7. The king, or three of the privy council in writing under their hands, ..."

2. History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1884)
"In 1612 James ordered Chichester to recusant • ..,,.,... . . .. , magistrates, suppress its municipal liberties, if the citizens refused to abandon the ..."

3. History of England from the Accession of James I to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1909)
"In 1612 James ordered Chichester to recusant . ... ... ..... . . e -, magistrates, suppress its municipal liberties, if the citizens refused to abandon the ..."

4. An Analytical Digested Index to the Common Law Reports: From the Time of by Thomas Coventry, Samuel Hughes (1832)
"8.s If a recusant confirm before [ s1149 ] judgment on a qui lam action, he is discharged ... The court will allow time to a recusant to conform. Workman v. ..."

5. The Index Library by British Record Society (1890)
"Katherine, recusant Arthington, Katharine, recusant Manne, Anthony, pardon Carewe, sir George, warrant Worcester, earl of, office Peterborough, bishop, ..."

6. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1887)
"—Escapes by fight, but his wife with other recusant women carried prisoners to ... Curious petition of a Crosby recusant.,] feom of flic troubles ana ..."

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