recusant
recusant is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 32 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- benefit
- clergy
- conscience
- contrition
- die
- game
- graceless
- hard
- harden
- hardened
- hardness
- heart
- impenitence
- impenitent
- incorrigible
- induration
- irreclaimable
- irrepentance
- lack
- lost
- make
- obduracy
- obdurate
- relentless
- remorseless
- seared
- sign
- steel
- the
- unregenerate
- without
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is recusant.
- What is 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 called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is one who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist. All that are recusants of holy rites. Holyday called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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