recusancy

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Nearly ruined in fines for persistent recusancy under the penal laws, a lucky speculation or two in building-land and coal mines made it a millionaire over and over again.

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram

Had he then been an avowed Roman Catholic, or even suspected of recusancy, he would scarcely have obtained such a grant from the Government of Elizabeth.

From Pope: His Descent and Family Connections Facts and Conjectures by Hunter, Joseph

Refusal -- N. refusal, rejection; noncompliance, incompliance†; denial; declining &c. v.; declension; declinature†; peremptory refusal, flat refusal, point blank refusal; repulse, rebuff; discountenance. recusancy, abnegation, protest, disclaimer; dissent &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

The fact was that Sir Nicholas had again been summoned for recusancy.

From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh

And in the Report of the Prison Inspectors to the House of Lords, in 1841, it appeared that, in 1830, ten persons were in prison for recusancy in not attending their parish churches.

From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William