Recusant synonyms

rĕk'yə-zənt, rĭ-kyo͝o'-

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papist (related)
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recusants (related)
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recusancy (related)
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nonconforming
That does not conform, either to the rules of an established church, or to official regulations
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dissentient
Dissenting; of a different opinion.
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nonconformist
The definition of a nonconformist is a person who refuses to adhere to established social orders or to fulfill the expectations placed on him by custom or society.
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conformist (antonym)
A person who tends to conform
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dissenters (related)
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non-conformists (related)
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Find another word for recusant. In this page you can discover 9 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for recusant, like: papist, recusants, recusancy, nonconforming, dissentient, nonconformist, conformist, dissenters and non-conformists.
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Recusant Sentence Examples

  • On the 26th of June 1680, upon Oates's testimony, the duke of York was presented as a recusant at Westminster.

  • The word is much older than its English use; there were Lollards in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 14th century, who were akin to the Fratricelli, Beghards and other sectaries of the recusant Franciscan type.

  • Henceforth, too, every recusant was to be deprived of his estates and banished the realm.

  • In practice Anglican private worship appears to have been little interfered with; and although the recusant fines were rigorously exacted, the same seems to have been the case with the private celebration of the mass.

  • In July he was also elected Master of Pembroke Hall in succession to the recusant Dr Thomas Young (1514-1580) and Bishop of London in succession to Bonner.

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