recusant

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.4 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin recusare ‘refuse’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'rɛkjʊzənt/

[edit] Noun

recusant (plural recusants)

1. (historical) someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries
2. anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation

[edit] Synonyms

• papist

[edit] Related terms

• recusancy
• refusenik

[edit] Adjective

recusant

1. pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy