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nonjurying

nonjurying is the alternative form of nonjuring.

Meaning of nonjuring

Adjective

nonjuring (not comparable)

  1. (historical, Anglicanism) Describing the bishops, clergy and congregations that refused to swear allegiance to William III of England.
  2. (historical) Describing the bishops and clergy that refused to take the oath of fidelity to the French Nation required under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.

Questions about nonjurying

What is nonjurying the alternative form of?
Nonjurying is the alternative form of nonjuring.

Words near nonjurying in the dictionary

  1. nonjurists
  2. nonjuror
  3. nonjurorism
  4. nonjurors
  5. nonjury
  6. nonjurying
  7. nonjussive
  8. nonjusticiability
  9. nonjusticiable
  10. nonjustificational
  11. nonjustified

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nonjurying (page history and authors); nonjuring (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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