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Recusant

Recusant (recusant)
a.(-zat; 277)
Re*cu"sant
[L. recusans, -antis, p. pr. of recure to refuse, to oject to; pref. re- re + causa a cause, pretext: cf. F. récusant. See Cause, and cf. Ruse.]
  1. Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord.

    It stated him to have placed his son in the household of the Countess of Derby, a recusant papist. Sir W. Scott.

Recusant

Recusant (recusant)
n.
Re*cu"sant
  1. One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion.

    The last rebellious recusants among the European family of nations. De Quincey.

  2. A person who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in matters of religion; as, a Roman Catholic recusant, who acknowledges the supremacy of the pope.
    Brande *** C.
  3. One who refuses communion with the Church of England] a nonconformist.

    All that are recusants of holy rites. Holyday.













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