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Nonjuring

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non·ju·ror  (nn-jrr, -ôr)
n.
1. One who refuses to take an oath, as of allegiance.
2. Nonjuror A beneficed Anglican clergyman who refused to take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy to William and Mary and their successors after the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
[non- + juror, one who takes an oath (obsolete).]
non·juring adj.
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