recusant
Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th…Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, whether a Protestant dissident or a Roman Catholic.
Meaning
2 senses(historical)Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, whether a Protestant dissident or a Roman Catholic.
Near-synonyms: (all sometimes synonymous) Dissenter, Nonconformist, free churchman; autem cackler (archaic cant)
Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.
Near-synonyms: refuser, defier, dissenter, objector, protester, iconoclast, maverick, nonconformist, rebel, refusenik, renegade
- someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
Origin
Borrowed from Latin recūsans, recūsāntis, from recūsō (“to refuse, decline; to object to;Borrowed from Latin recūsans, recūsāntis, from recūsō (“to refuse, decline; to object to; to protest”). See recuse.
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Forms
plural: recusantsSynonyms
13 synonyms- someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct:nonconformist