recusant
/ˈɹɛkjʊzənt/
recusant noun: someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, whether a Protestant dissident or a Roman Catholic.
Noun
recusant (plural recusants)
- Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, whether a Protestant dissident or a Roman Catholic.
- Near-synonyms: (all sometimes synonymous) Dissenter, Nonconformist, free churchman; autem cackler (archaic cant)
- Synonyms:
- Dissenter, Nonconformist, free churchman, autem cackler
- Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.
- Near-synonyms: refuser, defier, dissenter, objector, protester, iconoclast, maverick, nonconformist, rebel, refusenik, renegade
- Synonyms:
- refuser, defier, dissenter, objector, protester, iconoclast, maverick, nonconformist, rebel, refusenik
Adjective
recusant
- Pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy.
- […] to set forth the commission to avenge his father’s death laid upon him by Apollo, together with the warning of the god that if he prove recusant to his duty of vengeance, the Furies of his father will blast his mind and waste his body.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VII. Orestea. II: The Libation-Bearers”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, pages 185-186
- Still, to disobey a direct order in the field is no small matter in any circumstances, and especially in Sparta. The recusant captains must have known how dangerous their defiance was to them, yet they risked it.1981, Donald Kagan, The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition
recusant meaning in Kannada
recusant in Kannada
- ಕಟ್ಟಲೆಗೊಪ್ಪದ, ತಿರುಗಿಬೀಳುವ, ಉಚ್ಛೃಂಖಲ, ಅವಿಧೇಯ
Synonyms of recusant
Forms of recusant
| plural | recusants |
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Origin of recusant
Borrowed from Latin recūsans, recūsāntis, from recūsō (“to refuse, decline; to object to; to protest”). See recuse.
Questions about recusant
- What does recusant mean?
- Recusant means someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, whether a Protestant dissident or a Roman Catholic.
- What is recusant in Kannada?
- Recusant in Kannada is ಕಟ್ಟಲೆಗೊಪ್ಪದ, ತಿರುಗಿಬೀಳುವ, ಉಚ್ಛೃಂಖಲ. See Recusant meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is recusant?
- Recusant can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce recusant?
- Recusant is pronounced /ˈɹɛkjʊzənt/.
- What is the plural of recusant?
- The plural of recusant is recusants.
Words near recusant in the dictionary
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