NONJUROR


Meaning of NONJUROR in English

(ˈ) ̷ ̷ at non- + noun

Etymology: non- (I) + juror

: a person refusing to take an oath (especially of allegiance, supremacy, or abjuration):

a. : one of the beneficed clergy in England and Scotland refusing to take an oath of allegiance to William and Mary or to their successors after the revolution of 1688

b. : one of the Scotch Presbyterians refusing to take an oath of abjuration as involving recognition of episcopacy

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