RECUSANT
\ɹɪkjˈuːsənt], \ɹɪkjˈuːsənt], \ɹ_ɪ_k_j_ˈuː_s_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of RECUSANT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
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refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams
By Princeton University
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someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
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refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion.
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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.
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One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist.
By Oddity Software
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One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion.
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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.
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One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist.
By Noah Webster.
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One who refuses to conform to a state church; a dissenter or nonconformist.
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Refusing to obey or submit to authority.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the sovereign in religious matters.
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In England, one who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the sovereign in religious matters; a nonconformist: one who refuses to acknowledge some principle or party.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman