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Refusal to submit to established authority
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recusancy
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In the history of England and Wales , recusancy was the state of those who refused to attend Anglican services; these individuals were known as recusants. The term, which derives ultimately from the Latin recusare (to refuse or make an objection) was first ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Recusancy \Re*cu"san*cy\ (r?*k?"zan*s? or r?k"?-), n. The state of being recusant; nonconformity. --Coke.
WordNet
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n. refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 obstinate refusal or opposition. 2 The state of being a recusant; nonconformity.
Usage examples of recusancy.
As a result, the imposition of fines, as with so much to do with recusancy, largely depended on local administration.
Three days later a proclamation ordered all Jesuits and priests out of the realm, while the fines for recusancy were once more imposed.
At one point, when he was convicted for recusancy, Henry even set up a secret press in prison.
He was also a Catholic convert, whose life had come to be defined by his recusancy, but at this point it was the kind of religion of which Father Garnet would have approved: acquiescing in the status quo, trusting in God to bring about the conversion of England in His own good time.
Hindlip was traditionally one of the safest Catholic houses, in spite of the known recusancy of Thomas Habington, himself a convicted conspirator in the previous reign.