recusant
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Philips, an English recusant, settled in Brussels and knew Brueghel and Rubens well, his music celebrated in artistic circles as an engine of the Counter-Reformation.
From The Guardian • Jan. 27, 2013
Unlike one fellow resident, who doesn't step outside once in three months, Francis will not be a recusant.
From The Guardian • Nov. 22, 2012
The remaining voters continued recusant; but as no question was taken on the other side, the vote may be said to have been a very decided one, if not positively unanimous.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore
Therefore it was resolved to get up a great and terrible public scene, which should either terrify the recusant into submission, or, at the least, blind the people.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter
Jenings, Alice, wife of Richard; a recusant xlii.
From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John
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