recusant

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Philips, an English recusant, settled in Brussels and knew Brueghel and Rubens well, his music celebrated in artistic circles as an engine of the Counter-Reformation.

From The Guardian • Jan. 27, 2013

Unlike one fellow resident, who doesn't step outside once in three months, Francis will not be a recusant.

From The Guardian • Nov. 22, 2012

When men of such lofty and undisputed lineage were joining what was apparently an irresistible movement, the recusant nobility of France itself could not well stand aloof any longer.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

Its object is not the moral education of the recusant individuals.

From Liberalism by Hobhouse, L. T. (Leonard Trelawny)

I beseech you, how can you give liberty of conscience to the heretic, and yet refuse liberty of conscience to him that is the conscientious recusant in point of the war?

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George