What does "recusant" mean?

Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, whether a Protestant dissident or a Roman Catholic.

What is a synonym for "recusant"?

Common synonyms include: nonconformist, disobedient, dissentient, dissenter, ;, alienated.

Pronounced //ˈɹɛkjʊzənt//.

//ˈɹɛkjʊzənt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, whether a Protestant dissident or a Roman Catholic. historical
"Near-synonyms: (all sometimes synonymous) Dissenter, Nonconformist, Free Churchman; autem cackler (archaic cant)"
2
someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct wordnet
3
Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.
"Near-synonyms: refuser, defier, dissenter, objector, protester, iconoclast, maverick, nonconformist, rebel, refusenik, renegade"

Adjective

1
pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy
"Still, to disobey a direct order in the field is no small matter in any circumstances, and especially in Sparta. The recusant captains must have known how dangerous their defiance was to them, yet they risked it."

Adjective