Definition of Recusant. Meaning of Recusant. Synonyms of Recusant

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Definition of Recusant

Recusant
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.

Meaning of Recusant from wikipedia

- Recusancy (from Latin: recusare, lit. 'to refuse') was the state of those who remained loyal to the Catholic Church and refused to attend Church of England...
- The Recusancy referred to those who refused to attend services of the state-established Anglican Church of Ireland. The individuals were known as "recusants"...
- The Recusant's Insignia is a French medal to honour French citizens who evaded the Compulsory Work Service (S.T.O.) in **** Germany and therefore parti****ted...
- Anne Vaux (c. 1562 – in or after 1637) was a wealthy Catholic recusant. Vaux was the third daughter of William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1535–1595)...
- The Popish Recusants Act 1605 (3 Jas. 1. c. 4) was an act of the Parliament of England which quickly followed the Gunpowder Plot of the same year, an...
- died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic. Fawkes converted to Catholicism and left for mainland Europe...
- The Religion Act 1580 or Recusancy Act 1680 (23 Eliz. 1. c. 1) was an Act of the Parliament of England during the English Reformation. The Act made it...
- dominions in 1595, and appealed in England against judgements for his recusancy. More ****ured Shrewsbury of his wish to serve Elizabeth I against Spain...
- eligible for public employment, and the severe penalties pronounced against recusants, whether Catholic or nonconformist, were affirmations of this principle...
- The Tempest family was an English recusant family that originated in western Yorkshire (part of which is now eastern Lancashire) in the 12th century. A...