nonjuror
UK/nɒnˈdʒʊəɹə/
nonjuror noun: someone who refuses to swear a particular oath, specifically a clergyman who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary in 1689.
Noun
nonjuror (plural nonjurors)
- Someone who refuses to swear a particular oath, specifically a clergyman who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary in 1689.
- Accident brought her into the Company of a Couple of Clergymen, disguised in Secular Habits, The one was a Venerable Old Nonjuror, the other, the Reverend Dr..... Dean of — [...].1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section III
- The character of a nonjuror which he maintained to the last is a sufficient evidence of his principles in Church and State […].c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs, Penguin, published 1990, page 55
- One who is not a juror.
Forms of nonjuror
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Origin of nonjuror
From non- + juror.
Words formed from nonjuror
Questions about nonjuror
- What does nonjuror mean?
- Nonjuror means someone who refuses to swear a particular oath, specifically a clergyman who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary in 1689.
- What part of speech is nonjuror?
- Nonjuror is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nonjuror?
- Nonjuror is pronounced /nɒnˈdʒʊəɹə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nonjuror?
- The plural of nonjuror is nonjurors.
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