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Definition of Renunciant
1. Adjective. Used especially of behavior.
Similar to: Nonindulgent, Strict
Derivative terms: Renounce
Definition of Renunciant
1. Adjective. That renounces; renouncing. ¹
2. Noun. A person who renounces. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Renunciant
Literary usage of Renunciant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law Chronicle: A Monthly Journal (1858)
"In the Utter case, if the renunciant be an executor, he takes ah oath that he
has not intermeddled, and will not intermeddle in the goods of the testator. ..."
2. Publications by Surrey Parish Register Society (1908)
"... ob signatura angeli renunciant, pater rato habet ?/ 1659 [Jul. 21] John Angel
and Rebekah Mellish were married the one and twentieth day of Julie 1659. ..."
3. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages: Der Wendepunkt der Renaissance by Woldemar von Seidlitz, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton (1903)
"... a D. Apostolico et a nobis, qui annuatim nobis renunciant. . . . These were
missi ex latere imperatoris (Astron. c. 38), and were employed even earlier ..."
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