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recusant
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adjective
1.
refusing to submit, comply, etc.
2.
obstinate in refusal.
3.
English History
.
refusing to attend services of the Church of England.
noun
4.
a person who is recusant.
5.
English History
.
a person, especially a Roman Catholic, who refused to attend the services of the Church of England.
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Origin:
1545–55;
<
Latin
recūsant-
(stem of
recūsāns
), present participle of
recusāre
to demur, object, equivalent to
re-
re-
+
-cūsāre,
verbal derivative of
causa
cause
;
see
-ant
Related forms
un·rec·u·sant,
adjective
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recusant
(ˈrɛkjʊzənt)
—
n
1.
(in 16th to 18th century England) a Roman Catholic who did not attend the services of the Church of England, as was required by law
2.
any person who refuses to submit to authority
—
adj
3.
(formerly, of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
4.
refusing to submit to authority
[C16: from Latin
recūsāns
refusing, from
recūsāre
from
re-
+
causārī
to dispute, from
causa
a
cause
]
'recusance
—
n
'recusancy
—
n
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