Associations to the word «Recusancy»

Wiktionary

RECUSANCY, noun. Obstinate refusal or opposition.
RECUSANCY, noun. The state of being a recusant; nonconformity.

Dictionary definition

RECUSANCY, noun. Refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope