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Definition of Contumaciously

Contumaciously
Contumacious Con`tu*ma"cious, a. [L. contumax, -acis. See Contumacy.] 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. --Hammond. 2. (Law) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. --Blackstone. Syn: Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ness, n.

Meaning of Contumaciously from wikipedia

- Look up contumacy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Contumacy is a stubborn refusal to obey authority or, particularly in law, the willful contempt of...
- authorising him to use either or both these instruments to apprehend the contumacious party. Letters of Fire and Sword were issued against the following clans:...
- have produced a permanent schism any more than excommunication of any "contumacious bishop". The schism began to develop when all the other Eastern patriarchs...
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- of whose “boys” to the right of citizenship were doubtful. They were contumaciously called Grecians; but the parish being large, and its warriors numerous...
- to the definitions of innumerable predecessors of Ours. Speaking of contumacious heretics, Saint John the Evangelist says: "With heretics, do not break...
- demanded John's presence — a tactical impossibility — and declared John a "contumacious v****al."[citation needed] As the Lusignan allies managed to detain both...
- size of Trudeau's fraud and the flagrant and repetitive nature of his contumacious conduct." Trudeau served most of his sentence at the Federal Prison Camp...
- Carlin wrote that Elton John and Iggy Pop were bemused by an extended, contumacious Wilson-led singalong of "Shortenin' Bread", leading Pop to flee the room...
- island to prepare its defence. In February 1343 Peter declared James a contumacious v****al and his kingdom and lands forfeit. The legal process being terminated...