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recusant |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recusant \Re*cu"sant\, n. 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. (Eng. Hist.) 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. --Brande & C. 3. One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist. All that are recusants of holy rites. --Holyday. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recusant \Re*cu"sant\ (-zat; 277), a.[L. recusans, -antis, p. pr of recure to refuse, to oject to pref. re- re + causa a cause pretext: cf F. r['e]cusant. See {Cause}, and cf {Ruse}.] 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. It stated him to have placed his son in the household of the Countess of Derby, a recusant papist. --Sir W. Scott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: recusant adj 1: (of Catholics formerly) refusing to attend services of the Church of England [syn: {dissentient}] 2: refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams n : someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct [syn: {nonconformist}] [ant: {conformist}]
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