Associations to the word «Recusant»
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
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words
are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds
can be done only for God.