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recusant

The correct spelling is recusant.

How to pronounce recusant

noun

IPA: /ˈɹɛkjʊzənt/

Say it like: Rec-usa-nt

The correct spelling is recusant. Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
  2. 2.Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.

adjective

  1. 1.Pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy

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