Definition of Recusants. Meaning of Recusants. Synonyms of Recusants

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Definition of Recusants

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.

Meaning of Recusants from wikipedia

- Catholics, under the title "An Act for restraining Popish recusants". It defined "Popish recusants" as those convicted for not repairing to some Church, Chapel...
- bias, and the recusant fines continued, but not at the higher levels imposed on English Catholics by the Popish Recusants Act 1605. Recusant fines were collected...
- eligible for public employment, and the severe penalties pronounced against recusants, whether Catholic or nonconformist, were affirmations of this principle...
- of residence delivers the card of the Recusant authorizing the wearing of this insignia. The National Recusants' Group (French: Groupement National des...
- local community including clandestine M****, and visited other Catholic recusants who were imprisoned in jail for their beliefs. She dispensed charity to...
- The Popish Recusants Act 1592 (35 Eliz. 1. c. 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It was one of many acts imposed by the 8th Parliament of Elizabeth...
- John (1811). An Act for the better discovering and repressing of Popish Recusants (1605) [3 Jac. I. - A.D. 1605 Chapter IV]. The Statutes at Large, of England...
- The Popish Recusants Act 1605 (3 Jas. 1. c. 4) was an act of the Parliament of England which quickly followed the Gunpowder Plot of the same year, an...
- Jane Wiseman (née Vaughan; died 1610) was an English recusant and priest harbourer. She narrowly avoided becoming a Catholic martyr after being sentenced...
- dominions in 1595, and appealed in England against judgements for his recusancy. More ****ured Shrewsbury of his wish to serve Elizabeth I against Spain...