RECUSANTS
Noun
recusants
plural of recusant
Anagrams
• Etruscans, arsecunts, rescuants
Source: Wiktionary
RECUSANT
Re*cu"sant (-zat; 277), a.Etym: [L. recusans, -antis, p.pr. of recure
to refuse, to oject to; pref. re- re + causa a cause, pretext: cf. F.
récusant. See Cause, and cf. Ruse.]
Definition: Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history,
refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to
conform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord.
It stated him to have placed his son in the household of the Countess
of Derby, a recusant papist. Sir W. Scott.
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.)
Definition: 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