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recusant
N คน หัวแข็ง คน ไม่ยอม เชื่อฟัง impious negative nonconformist radical kon-hua-kang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
RECUSANT
a.s as z. [L. recusans, recuso, to refuse; re and the root of causa, signifying to drive. The primary sense is to repel or drive back. ] Refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king, or to conform to the established rites of the church; as a recusant lord.
RECUSANT
n.[supra. ] 1. In English history, a person who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in matters of religion; as a popish recusant, who acknowledges the supremacy of the pope.
2. One who refuses communion with the church of England; a non-conformist.
All that are recusants of holy rites.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RECUSANT
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. ]
Defn: 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.
RECUSANT
RECUSANT 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. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
recusant
rec u sant |ˈrekyəzənt, riˈkyo͞ozənt rəˈkjuznt | ▶noun a person who refuses to submit to an authority or to comply with a regulation. • chiefly historical a Roman Catholic in England who refused to attend services of the Church of England. ▶adjective of or denoting a recusant. DERIVATIVES rec u sance noun, rec u san cy |-zənsē |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin recusant- ‘refusing, ’ from the verb recusare (see recuse ).
Oxford Dictionary
recusant
recusant |ˈrɛkjʊz (ə )nt | ▶noun a person who refuses to submit to an authority or to comply with a regulation. • historical a person who refused to attend services of the Church of England. ▶adjective of or denoting a recusant. DERIVATIVES recusance noun, recusancy noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin recusant- ‘refusing ’, from the verb recusare (see recuse ).
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