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Meaning of "recusant" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RECUSANT

From Latin recūsāns refusing, from recūsāre from re- + causārī to dispute, from causa a cause.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RECUSANT

recusant  [ˈrɛkjʊzənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RECUSANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Recusant can act as a noun and an adjective.
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The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RECUSANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

recusant

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 The "Recusancy Acts" began during the reign of Elizabeth I and were repealed in 1650.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.

Definition of recusant in the English dictionary

The first definition of recusant in the dictionary is a Roman Catholic who did not attend the services of the Church of England, as was required by law. Other definition of recusant is any person who refuses to submit to authority. Recusant is also refusing to attend services of the Church of England.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RECUSANT


accusant
əˈkjuːzənt
Besant
ˈbɛzənt
brisant
ˈbriːzənt
cicatrisant
ˌsɪkəˈtraɪzənt
cicatrizant
ˌsɪkəˈtraɪzənt
cognisant
ˈkɒɡnɪzənt
cognizant
ˈkɒɡnɪzənt
complaisant
kəmˈpleɪzənt
doesn´t
ˈdʌzənt
hasn´t
ˈhæzənt
isn´t
ˈɪzənt
omnipresent
ˌɒmnɪˈprɛzənt
peasant
ˈpɛzənt
pheasant
ˈfɛzənt
pleasant
ˈplɛzənt
present
ˈprɛzənt
rousant
ˈraʊzənt
unpleasant
ʌnˈplɛzənt
wasn´t
ˈwɒzənt
wisent
ˈwiːzənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RECUSANT

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE RECUSANT

anticonvulsant
antidepressant
conversant
croissant
depressant
discussant
en passant
golden pheasant
immunosuppressant
incessant
Maupassant
Ouessant
passant
pissant
puissant
sant
soi-disant
Stuyvesant
suppressant
versant

Synonyms and antonyms of recusant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «recusant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RECUSANT

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

Translator English - Chinese

recusant
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recusant
570 millions of speakers

English

recusant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाग़ी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المتمرد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мятежному
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

recusant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধর্মবিষয়ে অস্বীকারকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

réfractaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Recusant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

recusant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

反抗的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

복종을 거부하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Recusant
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

recusant
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிடிவாதமான அடிபணிய மறுக்கிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुनरावृत्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

recusant
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

recusant
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

recusant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бунтівному
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

recusant
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

recusant
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weigeraar
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

recusant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

recusant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of recusant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RECUSANT»

The term «recusant» is normally little used and occupies the 109.536 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RECUSANT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECUSANT»

Discover the use of recusant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to recusant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English recusant literature, 1558-1640
i 558- i 640 Selected and Edited by D. M. ROGERS Volume 203 JOHN MARTIAL A Replie to M. Calf hills Blasphemous Answer 1566 A Replie to M. Calf hills Blasphemous Answer 1566 ENGLISH RECUSANT LITERATURE.
‎1566
2
Welsh recusant writings
For more than a hundred years after the accession of Elizabeth in 1588, the publication of Catholic books was prohibited by law. Geraint Bowen's book is the first to be published on writing by Welsh recusants.
Geraint Bowen, 1999
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Recusant History
A journal of research in Post-Reformation Catholic history in the British Isles.
‎2006
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Francis Tregian, 1548-1608: Elizabethan Recusant, a Truly ...
Francis Tregian owned estates in Cornwall, and held a high place in court at the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I. He made no secret of his Catholic faith.
Raymond Francis Trudgian, 1998
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Catholic Gentry in English Society: The Throckmortons of ...
CHAPTER 5 Agnes Throckmorton: A Jacobean Recusant Widow Jan Broadway Recusant gentlewomen have long been recognised as having played a pivotal role in the preservation of the Catholic religion within early modern England.
Peter Marshall, Geoffrey Scott (OSB.), 2009
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Shakespeare, Puritan and Recusant
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1897. Not illustrated. Excerpt: .
Thomas Carter, 2009
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The Seventeenth-Century Tradition: A Study in Recusant Thought
A Study in Recusant Thought George Henry Tavard. CHAPTER ELEVEN THE RECUSANTS AND LATER THEOLOGY The preceding chapters have shown us the English Recusants as a highly articulate and diversified group of churchmen  ...
George Henry Tavard, 1978
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Historical Collections Of Private Passages of State, Weighty ...
Sir Thomas Ridley Knight, Justice of Peace, his Wife a Popish Recusant, and eldest Son. Sir Ralph Cony er s Knight, Justice of Peace, his Wife a Popish Recusant. James Law/on Esquire, a Justice of Peace, and one of the Captains of the ...
John Rushworth, 1721
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Dismembered Rhetoric: English Recusant Writing, 1580 to 1603
" While the official rhetoric denied the power and centrality of these texts, they were consumed by Catholic, church-papist, and Anglican, providing matter for later, more famous writers such as John Donne, Ben Jonson, and Henry Constable.
Ceri Sullivan, 1995
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The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt: In Thirteen Parts
Edward Basset, that by the words and intention of the said Argnments as branch of the statute, no person is disabled to grant the next p0X^ rs avoidance, but he who is a popish recusant convict; and therefore the words are, " every person or ...
Sir Edward Coke, John Henry Thomas, John Farquhar Fraser, 1826

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RECUSANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term recusant is used in the context of the following news items.
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New Jamestown Discovery Reveals the Identities of Four Prominent …
Gabriel Archer's father was among the Catholics, called a “recusant” and cited in court for failing to attend Anglican services. Archer had learned resistance at ... «Smithsonian, Jul 15»
2
England is getting less Irish by the day
Three major demographic groups, the old recusant families, the converts and the numerically dominant Irish, between them set the tone for English Catholicism ... «Catholic Herald Online, Jun 15»
3
Women building a library in exile
(Until now this had been called Recusant History, a delightfully quirky title, adjusted after 64 years to something wider but more accurate.) The continuity of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
4
Catholicism Before and After 1963
Waugh recounts the life and war career of Guy Crouchback, scion of an ancient Recusant family. Guy's wife Virginia has left him, and he has returned from ... «First Things, Jan 15»
5
Ex-Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams turns playwright after …
I think Shakespeare did have a recusant Catholic background. My own hunch though is that he didn't go to church much.” Archbishop Williams was confirmed on ... «WalesOnline, Jan 15»
6
Guy Fawkes, Islamists, converts, and terrorism: some things never …
... by York Minster, but when his mother was widowed and married into a staunchly recusant family from the West Riding, Fawkes converted to Catholicism. «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»
7
Bishop follows Francis with plans for plain ministry
Bishop Arnold said he would be examining options about whether to live at Wardley Hall, a sixteenth-century recusant home standing on the site of a earlier ... «The Tablet, Oct 14»
8
The History of England Volume III: Civil War by Peter Ackroyd - book …
Oliver Cromwell, with his Puritan grit and fear of recusant Catholicism, inevitably takes up much of the action. So great was the Protector's anti-papist animus that ... «The Independent, Sep 14»
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Shakespeare at 450: Slaying the Anti-Catholic Dragons
His mother's family was one of the most notoriously defiant of all the recusant Catholic families in England. Several of Shakespeare's cousins lost their lives for ... «National Catholic Register, Apr 14»
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JEAN-PIERRE MERCIER RECUSANT A M. LE PEN LA POSTURE...
JEAN-PIERRE MERCIER RECUSANT A M. LE PEN LA POSTURE... 11 avril 2014 | Par Brigitte pascall. RUE 89 : JEAN-PIERRE MERCIER RECUSANT A M. LE ... «Le Club de Mediapart, Apr 14»

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