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Nonjuror
//nɒnˈdʒʊəɹə// noun
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Noun
- 1 Someone who refuses to swear a particular oath, specifically a clergyman who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary in 1689. historical
"Accident brought her into the Company of a Couple of Clergymen, disguised in Secular Habits, The one was a Venerable Old Nonjuror, the other, the Reverend Dr..... Dean of — [...]."
- 2 One who is not a juror.
Etymology
From non- + juror.
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