Associations to the word «Recusant»
Noun
- Catholic
- Reformation
- Convict
- Oath
- Elizabeth
- Priest
- England
- Thomas
- Estate
- Bishop
- Impeachment
- Earl
- Family
- William
- Francis
- Allegiance
- Puritan
- Commissioner
- Church
- Redemption
- John
- Protestant
- Lancashire
- Talbot
- Lord
- Reconstruction
- Penalty
- Radical
- Jesuit
- Statute
- Westminster
- Assessment
- Shakespeare
- Fine
- Manor
- Plot
- Parliament
- Literature
- Riot
- Behalf
- Chapel
- Bible
- Republican
- Act
- Baron
- Absence
- Pope
- Johnson
- Sir
- Poet
- Justice
- Third
- Prison
- Andrew
- Wales
- James
- Queen
- Parish
- Hall
- Law
- Charles
- Duke
- Father
- Return
- Writing
- Son
- King
- Motion
- Richard
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
RECUSANT, noun. (historical) someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries
RECUSANT, noun. Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation
RECUSANT, adjective. Pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy
Dictionary definition
RECUSANT, noun. Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct.
RECUSANT, adjective. (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England.
RECUSANT, adjective. Refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams.
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