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Recusant

/ˈɹɛkjʊzənt/

Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

📖 Definitions of "Recusant"

noun
  1. 1

    Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

  2. 2

    Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.

adjective
  1. 1

    Pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy

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