NONJUROR


Meaning of NONJUROR in English

n.

Pronunciation: - ' ju ̇ r- ə r, - ' ju ̇ r- ˌ o ̇ r

Function: noun

Date: 1691

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

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