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

It is remarked by Sir Edward Coke, in the address to the jury, that during the year and four months since James’s accession, no penalty had been inflicted on any recusant.

From Guy Fawkes or A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605 by Lathbury, Thomas

Wiseman, her other son, is also an obstinate recusant and will by no means take the oath.

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John

He wrote to the minister of France in the United States to lay a formal complaint before Congress against the recusant for insubordination.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll