recusant
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Recusant, rek′ū-zant, or rē-kū′zant, adj. obstinate in refusal, esp. to comply with the Anglican ritual.—n. a nonconformist: one who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the sovereign in religious matters.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
He has had attributed to him a Premonition to Princes; A Dialogue, in 1609, between a Jesuit and a Recusant; A Discourse on Spanish Cruelties to Moral and Metaphysical Essays.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)
Does the fact that the Foundress was presented as a Recusant mean nothing?
From The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester by Wright Henderson, P. A. (Patrick Arkley)
Being a Recusant, he was much persecuted for his religion, and never succeeded in finishing the work.
From Vanishing England by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
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