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
She had been scolded on George's account, but had not scolded herself, and had archly and triumphantly pointed out the recusant to Sue in a sly corner of a London balcony.
From Leonore Stubbs by Walford, L. B.
The malefactors in question were recusant Roman Catholics.
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
He had, since his elevation to the pontificate, traced an open path for the march of Galileo’s discoveries; and he had finally endeavoured to bind the recusant philosopher by the chains of kindness and gratitude.
From The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler by Brewster, David, Sir
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