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recusant

noun

  1. a person who refuses to obey an established authority; specif., in England in the 16th to 18th cent., a Roman Catholic who refused to attend the services of the Church of England or to recognize its authority
  2. any dissenter or nonconformist

adjective

of or like a recusant

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See recusant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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