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PRONUNCIATION OF RECUSANCY

recusancy  [ˈrekjʊˌzənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RECUSANCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Recusancy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RECUSANCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

recusancy

Recusancy

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 was first used to refer to those who remained loyal to the Roman Catholic Church and did not attend Church of England services, with a 1593 statute determining the penalties against "Popish recusants". The "Recusancy Acts" began during the reign of Elizabeth I and were repealed in 1650. They imposed various types of punishment on those who did not participate in Anglican religious activity, such as fines, property confiscation, and imprisonment. Despite their repeal, restrictions against Roman Catholics were still in place until full Catholic Emancipation in 1829. In some cases those adhering to Catholicism faced capital punishment, and a number of English and Welsh Catholics executed in the 16th and 17th centuries have been canonised by the Catholic Church as Christian martyrs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RECUSANCY


agency
ˈeɪdʒənsɪ
consistency
kənˈsɪstənsɪ
consultancy
kənˈsʌltənsɪ
currency
ˈkʌrənsɪ
deficiency
dɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
dependency
dɪˈpɛndənsɪ
discrepancy
dɪˈskrɛpənsɪ
efficiency
ɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
emergency
ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
frequency
ˈfriːkwənsɪ
occupancy
ˈɒkjʊpənsɪ
potency
ˈpəʊtənsɪ
pregnancy
ˈprɛɡnənsɪ
presidency
ˈprɛzɪdənsɪ
proficiency
prəˈfɪʃənsɪ
regency
ˈriːdʒənsɪ
residency
ˈrɛzɪdənsɪ
tendency
ˈtɛndənsɪ
transparency
trænsˈpærənsɪ
vacancy
ˈveɪkənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RECUSANCY

recurring
recurring decimal
recurringly
recursion
recursion clause
recursion formula
recursive
recursive function
recursive subroutine
recursively
recursiveness
recurvate
recurve
recurvirostral
recusal
recusance
recusant
recusation
recuse
recut

WORDS THAT END LIKE RECUSANCY

accountancy
buoyancy
Clancy
conservancy
conversancy
expectancy
fancy
incessancy
infancy
job vacancy
life expectancy
malignancy
management consultancy
nancy
Puy de Sancy
redundancy
relevancy
tenancy
the fancy
vibrancy

Synonyms and antonyms of recusancy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «recusancy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RECUSANCY

Find out the translation of recusancy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of recusancy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «recusancy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不服从
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recusancy
570 millions of speakers

English

recusancy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

recusancy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

recusancy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неподчинение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

recusancy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রচলিত ধর্মমতে অবস্থা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indocilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kencang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

recusancy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

反抗
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

recusancy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Recusancy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

recusancy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிடிவாதமாக மறுத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुनरावृत्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

recusancy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ricusa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

recusancy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непокору
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

recusancy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

recusancy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

recusatie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

recusancy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

recusancy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of recusancy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RECUSANCY»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RECUSANCY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about recusancy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECUSANCY»

Discover the use of recusancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to recusancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Crosby Records; a Chapter of Lancashire Recusancy: ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Alexander Goss, William Blundell, Thomas Ellison Gibson, 2010
2
Recusancy and Conformity in Early Modern England: Manuscript ...
This volume seeks to make available in translation to students and scholars in early modern studies the principal texts on conformity and recusancy in the Elizabethan Church.
Thomas M. McCoog, Peter Holmes, Ginevra Crosignani, 2010
3
Reformation Studies
The phenomenon of Romanist recusancy in England has hitherto been little studied save as a branch of martyrology or religious polemics. This gap in our studies seems indeed regrettable, since recusancy Without doubt exerted most ...
A. G. Dickens, 1982
4
Collections illustrating the history of the Catholic ...
Thomas Risdon, an infant, by Charles Maynard, Gent., his guardian, petitioner to discharge sequestration of lands fallen to him by the death of father and mother : two-thirds whereof were sequestered for the recusancy of Dorothy Risdon, ...
George Oliver, 1857
5
Recusancy
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Isidoros Krastyo Morpheus, 2012
6
Crosby Records: A Chapter of Lancashire Recusancy (1887)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingA AcentsAcentsa A-Acentsa Acentss Legacy Reprint Series.
William Blundell, Thomas Ellison Gibson, 2010
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Collection illustrative of the Catholic Religion in the ...
Thomas Risdon, an infant, by Charles Maynard, Gent., his guardian, petitioner to discharge sequestration of lands fallen to him by the death of father and mother: two-thirds whereof were sequestered for the recusancy of Dorothy Risdon, ...
George OLIVER (of St. Nicholas' Priory, Exeter.), 1857
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CRIMINAL LAW
Proposed relief from the Recusancy Laws. The recent statute of the 7th and 8th years of Your Majesty's reign, c. 102, has placed the Roman Catholics in England in a much more secure condition than those of Ireland. And thus an anomaly has  ...
‎1845
9
THE SESSIONAL PAPERS PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS ...
Proposed relief from the Recusancy Laws. The recent statute of the 7th and 8th years of Your Majesty's reign, c. 102, has placed the Roman Catholics in England in a much more secure condition than those of Ireland. And thus an anomaly has  ...
‎1845
10
The Prince and the Rose: A Novel Based on the Life of Bir ...
This was the constructive Recusancy referred to above. See also title Oaths. It was not the offence itself of Recusancy, which, as already observed, consisted merely in the party's absenting himself from church; it was the offence of not taking ...
Th Suresh Singh, 1811

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RECUSANCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term recusancy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Chorley martyr among those to be celebrated by 20000 Catholics
In 1600, he was working for Sir Edmund Huddleston, whose daughter Mrs Fortescue was summoned to the Old Bailey for recusancy (failure to attend Anglican ... «Chorley Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Muddling through won't solve the problems of a changing …
This Catholic, through English recusancy, has never ever heard of a Catholic preference for early burials and only ever following death. You may be confusing ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
3
Rajon Rondo not as valuable as we were led to believe
The same stubbornness and recusancy that made Rondo a fierce competitor on the court betrayed him off it. But Rondo's exit was not paved by his comportment. «Boston Globe, Dec 14»
4
Old-Time Religion
But, as it happens, they had already been biographed by a very distinguished historian of recusancy, Father Godfrey Anstruther, in the 1950s. His is a learned ... «The Weekly Standard, Nov 14»
5
What is Culture War?
The Romans tried to force Christians to sacrifice to Caesar, the English imposed criminal penalties for recusancy on Catholics and dissenters if they didn't attend ... «Catholic World Report, Oct 14»
6
'God's Traitors: Terror and Faith in Elizabethan England', by Jessie …
Of course that did not make her a Catholic but, equally, she did not see papal purple as a sign of dangerous recusancy – refusal to attend Anglican services ... «Financial Times, Mar 14»
7
The secret life of William Byrd
Yet from 1584 to 1621, he was regularly prosecuted for recusancy, the refusal to go to Protestant church services. One such case against him was dropped in ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 13»
8
Secularism for beginners
... the torture and execution of the 40 Catholic martyrs of England and Wales, the Recusancy Acts by which Catholics were prosecuted for not attending Anglican ... «National Secular Society, Aug 13»
9
Cundey eliminated from spelling bee
She first spelled “recusancy” (refusal to obey authority) correctly, advancing to round six with 31 others. Thursday's next round proved to be more difficult, as four ... «Columbia County News Times, May 13»
10
Dr. Bull's Musical Alchemy
Like Bull, Byrd was a Catholic, but one of unimpeachable constancy, who, in spite of the vicissitudes of non-conformity—or recusancy, as it was called in ... «CounterPunch, Apr 13»

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