Associations to the word «Recusant»
Noun
- Catholic
- Reformation
- Convict
- Oath
- Elizabeth
- Priest
- England
- Thomas
- Estate
- Bishop
- Impeachment
- Earl
- Family
- William
- Francis
- Allegiance
- Puritan
- Commissioner
- Church
- Redemption
- John
- Protestant
- Lancashire
- Talbot
- Lord
- Reconstruction
- Penalty
- Radical
- Jesuit
- Statute
- Westminster
- Assessment
- Shakespeare
- Fine
- Manor
- Plot
- Parliament
- Literature
- Riot
- Behalf
- Chapel
- Bible
- Republican
- Act
- Baron
- Absence
- Pope
- Johnson
- Sir
- Poet
- Justice
- Third
- Prison
- Andrew
- Wales
- James
- Queen
- Parish
- Hall
- Law
- Charles
- Duke
- Father
- Return
- Writing
- Son
- King
- Motion
- Richard
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
RECUSANT, noun. (historical) someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries
RECUSANT, noun. Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation
RECUSANT, adjective. Pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy
Dictionary definition
RECUSANT, noun. Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct.
RECUSANT, adjective. (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England.
RECUSANT, adjective. Refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams.
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.