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English Dictionary: recusant	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for recusant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recusant adj (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England Synonym(s): dissentient, recusant refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams n someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct Synonym(s): nonconformist, recusant Antonym(s): conformist
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recusant \Recu"sant\ (-zat; 277), a.[L. recusans, -antis, p. pr. of recure to refuse, to oject to; pref. re- re + causa a cause, pretext: cf. F. r[82]cusant. See {Cause}, and cf. {Ruse}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recusant \Re*cu"sant\, n. 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. (Eng. Hist.) 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.