What does récusant mean?
Definitions for récusant
ˈrɛk yə zənt, rɪˈkyu zəntrécusant
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Princeton's WordNet
nonconformist, recusantadjective
someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
dissentient, recusantadjective
(of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
recusantadjective
refusing to submit to authority
"the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams
Wiktionary
recusantnoun
someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries
recusantnoun
anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation
recusantadjective
pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy
Etymology: From Latin recusare ‘refuse’.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Recusantnoun
One that refuses any terms of communion or society.
Etymology: recusans, Lat.
They demand of the lords, that no recusant lord might have a vote in passing that act. Edward Hyde.
Were all corners ransacked, what a multitude of recusants should we find upon a far differing account from that of conscience! Decay of Piety.
Wikipedia
recusant
Recusancy (from Latin: recusare, lit. 'to refuse') was the state of those who remained loyal to the Catholic Church and refused to attend Church of England services after the English Reformation.The 1558 Recusancy Acts passed in the reign of Elizabeth I, and temporarily repealed in the Interregnum (1649–1660), remained on the statute books until 1888. They imposed punishments such as fines, property confiscation and imprisonment on recusants. The suspension under Oliver Cromwell was mainly intended to give relief to nonconforming Protestants rather than to Catholics, to whom some restrictions applied into the 1920s, through the Act of Settlement 1701, despite the 1828 Catholic Emancipation.In some cases those adhering to Catholicism faced capital punishment, and some English and Welsh Catholics who were executed in the 16th and 17th centuries have been canonised by the Catholic Church as martyrs of the English Reformation.
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recusant
A recusant is a person who refuses to submit to an authority or comply with a regulation, particularly in the context of refusing to attend services of the Church of England during the 16th to the 18th centuries.
Webster Dictionary
Recusantadjective
obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord
Recusantnoun
one who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion
Recusantnoun
a person who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in matters of religion; as, a Roman Catholic recusant, who acknowledges the supremacy of the pope
Recusantnoun
one who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist
Etymology: [L. recusans, -antis, p. pr. of recure to refuse, to oject to; pref. re- re + causa a cause, pretext: cf. F. rcusant. See Cause, and cf. Ruse.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Recusant
rek′ū-zant, or rē-kū′zant, adj. obstinate in refusal, esp. to comply with the Anglican ritual.—n. a nonconformist: one who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the sovereign in religious matters.—ns. Rec′ūsance, Rec′ūsancy, state of being a recusant: nonconformity, or its tenets; Recusā′tion.—adj. Recū′sative. [Fr.,—L. recusans, pr.p. of recusāre—re-, against, causa, a cause.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of récusant in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of récusant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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