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recusant

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rec⋅u⋅sant

  [rek-yuh-zuhnt, ri-kyoo-zuhnt]
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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, esp. a Roman Catholic, who refused to attend the services of the Church of England.
Origin:
1545–55; < L recūsant- (s. of recūsāns), prp. of recusāre to demur, object, equiv. to re- re- + -cūsāre, v. deriv. of causa cause; see -ant
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rec·u·sant   (rěk'yə-zənt, rĭ-kyōō'-)   
n.  

  1. One of the Roman Catholics in England who incurred legal and social penalties in the 16th century and afterward for refusing to attend services of the Church of England.

  2. A dissenter; a nonconformist.

rec'u·san·cy n., rec'u·sant adj.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: re·cu·sant
Pronunciation: 're-ky&-z&nt, ri-'kyü-
Function: adjective
: refusing to submit to authority recusant witness failed to appear despite a subpoena> —recusant noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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