Definition for RE-CU'SANT

RE-CU'SANT, 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. – Encyc.
  2. One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a non-conformist. All that are recusants of holy rites. – Holyday.

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