recusant

  • 11recusant — [ rɛkjʊz(ə)nt] noun a person who refuses to submit to authority or comply with a regulation. ↘historical a person who refused to attend services of the Church of England. adjective of or denoting a recusant. Derivatives recusance noun recusancy… …

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  • 12recusant — rec•u•sant [[t]ˈrɛk yə zənt, rɪˈkyu zənt[/t]] n. 1) why (in 16th to 18th century England) a person, esp. a Roman Catholic, who refused to attend the services of the Church of England 2) a person who refuses to submit, comply, etc 3) of or… …

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  • 13recusant — 1. noun /ˈrɛkjʊzənt/ a) someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries b) anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation Syn: papist See Also: recusancy, refusenik 2 …

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  • 14recusant — n. & adj. n. a person who refuses submission to an authority or compliance with a regulation, esp. hist. one who refused to attend services of the Church of England. adj. of or being a recusant. Derivatives: recusance n. recusancy n. Etymology: L …

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  • 15Récusant — Les récusants (en anglais Recusants), dans l histoire du Royaume Uni, sont les chrétiens réfractaires à l Église d Angleterre. Du XVIe siècle jusqu au début du XIXe siècle, leur refus de se conformer à la Réforme anglicane instaurée par …

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  • 16recusant — Synonyms and related words: alienated, antiestablishment, at odds with, at variance with, breakaway, contrary, counter culture, deviant, differing, disagreeing, disobedient, dissentient, dissenting, dissident, froward, in opposition,… …

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  • 17recusant — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nonconformist, dissenter, schismatic, sectarian, Protestant; separatist, apostate. adj. rebellious, dissenting, apostate, disobedient. See dissent, impenitence …

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  • 18recusant — see REFUSE …

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  • 19recusant — one who refuses to attend Catholic church services; nonconformist Ecclesiastical Terms …

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  • 20recusant — rekjÉ™znt / jÊŠz adj. unsubmissive, noncompliant; obstinate in one s refusal …

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