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ALL meanings of recusant

rec·u·sant
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  • adjective recusant refusing to submit, comply, etc. 1
  • adjective recusant obstinate in refusal. 1
  • adjective recusant English History. refusing to attend services of the Church of England. 1
  • noun recusant a person who is recusant. 1
  • noun recusant English History. a person, especially a Roman Catholic, who refused to attend the services of the Church of England. 1
  • noun recusant (in 16th to 18th century England) a Roman Catholic who did not attend the services of the Church of England, as was required by law 0
  • noun recusant any person who refuses to submit to authority 0
  • adjective recusant (formerly, of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England 0
  • adjective recusant refusing to submit to authority 0
  • noun recusant a person who refuses to obey an established authority; specif., in England in the 16th to 18th cent., a Roman Catholic who refused to attend the services of the Church of England or to recognize its authority 0
  • noun recusant any dissenter or nonconformist 0
  • adjective recusant of or like a recusant 0
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