recusancy

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US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(rek′yə zən sē, ri ko̅o̅′-)

rec•u•san•cy (rek′yə zən sē, ri ko̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation n.

World Historythe state of being recusant.
World Historyobstinate refusal or opposition.

recus(ant) + -ancy 1555–65

rec•u•sant (rek′yə zənt, ri kyo̅o̅′zənt),USA pronunciation adj.

refusing to submit, comply, etc.
obstinate in refusal.
World History[Eng. Hist.]refusing to attend services of the Church of England.

a person who is recusant.
World History[Eng. Hist.]a person, esp. a Roman Catholic, who refused to attend the services of the Church of England.

Latin recūsant- (stem of recūsāns), present participle of recusāre to demur, object, equivalent. to re- re- + -cūsāre, verb, verbal derivative of causa cause; see -ant
1545–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

recusant /ˈrɛkjʊzənt/ n

(in 16th to 18th century England) a Roman Catholic who did not attend the services of the Church of England, as was required by law
any person who refuses to submit to authority

adj

(formerly, of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
refusing to submit to authority

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin recūsāns refusing, from recūsāre from re- + causārī to dispute, from causa a causeˈrecusance, ˈrecusancy n

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