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Recusancy Recusancy Re*cu"san*cy (r?*k?"zan*s? or r?k"?-), n.
The state of being recusant; nonconformity. --Coke.
Recusant Recusant Re*cu"sant, n.
1. One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out
stubbornly against general practice or opinion.
The last rebellious recusants among the European
family of nations. --De Quincey.
2. (Eng. Hist.) A person who refuses to acknowledge the
supremacy of the king in matters of religion; as, a Roman
Catholic recusant, who acknowledges the supremacy of the
pope. --Brande & C.
3. One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a
nonconformist.
All that are recusants of holy rites. --Holyday.