RECUSANTS
\ɹɪkjˈuːsənts], \ɹɪkjˈuːsənts], \ɹ_ɪ_k_j_ˈuː_s_ə_n_t_s]\
Definitions of RECUSANTS
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In English law. Persons who willfully absent themselves from their parish church, and on whom penalties were imposed by various statutes passed during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. Wharton. Those persons who separate from the church established by law. Termes de la Ley. Hie term was practically restricted to Roman Catholics.
By Henry Campbell Black
