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
The recusant children ranged themselves before the teacher, who seemed to think she had now quenched the rebellion.
From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various
In the matter of the broken engagement, Hugh Elwyn was more fairly treated by the men and women whom the matter concerned, or who thought it concerned them, than are the majority of recusant lovers.
From Studies in love and in terror by Marie Belloc Lowndes
Jenings, Alice, wife of Richard; a recusant xlii.
From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by John Gerard
Vocabulary lists containing recusant
