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recusants

recusants is the plural of recusant.

Meaning of recusant

Noun

recusant (plural recusants)

  1. (historical) 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)
  2. Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.
    • Near-synonyms: refuser, defier, dissenter, objector, protester, iconoclast, maverick, nonconformist, rebel, refusenik, renegade

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Questions about recusants

What is recusants the plural of?
Recusants is the plural of recusant.

Words near recusants in the dictionary

  1. recusance
  2. recusances
  3. recusancies
  4. recusancy
  5. recusant
  6. recusants
  7. recusation
  8. recusations
  9. recusative
  10. recusatory
  11. recuse

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