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
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
The question, accompanied as it was, by a sweeping and minatory glance, had the immediate effect of making two Englishmen in the room try to look severely recusant and anti-matrimonial.
From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William
Jenings, Alice, wife of Richard; a recusant xlii.
From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John
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