Recusants

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1. One of the Roman Catholics in England who incurred legal and social penalties in the 16th century and afterward for refusing to attend services of the Church of England.

2. A dissenter; a nonconformist.

recu·san·cy n.

recu·sant adj.

recusant [ˈrɛkjʊzənt]

1. (Historical Terms) (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) (in 16th to 18th century England) a Roman Catholic who did not attend the services of the Church of England, as was required by law

2. any person who refuses to submit to authority

adj

1. (Historical Terms) (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) (formerly, of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England

2. refusing to submit to authority

[from Latin recūsāns refusing, from recūsāre from re- + causārī to dispute, from causa a cause]

recusance , recusancy n

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Noun	1.	recusant - someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct nonconformist beatnik, beat - a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior bohemian - a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life dissenter, dissident, objector, protester, contestant - a person who dissents from some established policy enfant terrible - a person whose unconventional behavior embarrasses others heretic - a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion) maverick, rebel - someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
Adj.	1.	recusant - (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England dissentient unorthodox - breaking with convention or tradition; "an unorthodox lifestyle"
	2.	recusant - refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"

Translations

recusant [ˈrekjʊzənt]

A. ADJ → recusante

B. N → recusante mf

recusant

adj (Rel Hist) → der/die sich weigert, dem anglikanischen Gottesdienst beizuwohnen; (fig liter) → renitent

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This tax was imposed specifically on Catholic recusants as a punitive contribution to Elizabeth's campaigns against foreign Catholic threats; John Shakespeare's fellow defaulters were all Catholic.

Shakespeare for the masses by Asquith, Clare / The American Conservative

He looks at the work of incumbents and then divides his study into certain aspects of parochial life: the ignorant, the indifferent, the Godly, the role of authority, the doubters and scoffers, Recusants and what might be called 'emotional Catholics'.

The Plain Man's Pathways to Heaven: Kinds of Christianity in ... by Contemporary Review

To some Protestant moralists the two-headed child represented England itself, which contained recusants whose allegiance was split between two heads, namely James I and the pope.

Marvelous Protestantism: Monstrous Births in Post-Reformation England by Tiffany, Grace / Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England

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