RECUSANT


Meaning of RECUSANT in English

/rek"yeuh zeuhnt, ri kyooh"zeuhnt/ , adj.

1. refusing to submit, comply, etc.

2. obstinate in refusal.

3. Eng. Hist. refusing to attend services of the Church of England.

n.

4. a person who is recusant.

5. Eng. Hist. a person, esp. a Roman Catholic, who refused to attend the services of the Church of England.

[ 1545-55; recusant- (s. of recusans ), prp. of recusare to demur, object, equiv. to re- RE- + -cusare, v. deriv. of causa CAUSE; see -ANT ]

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