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 malefactors in question were recusant Roman Catholics.

From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various

Only in seeming, however—only their uniforms and equipments—for they themselves were at that moment shut up in a cellar of High Meadow House, where Benedict Hall had erst incarcerated many a rebel and recusant.

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne

After a due amount of amusing correspondence, the recusant confederacy struck their colours and paid their money.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John