recusancy

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In 1637 he was declared exempt from the recusancy laws by the king’s order, but in 1639 he again petitioned for relief.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

Would he have wished that she should at once have given herself up without one maidenly scruple, one word of feminine recusancy?

From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony

Know, sir, that I have the power to punish sedition as recusancy.

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne

Yet, as she went home again with the young man, she put her hand on his arm tentatively, a little bit ashamed, her hand pleaded that he would not hold it against her, her recusancy.

From The Rainbow by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

She told him what had passed, and how Sir Nicholas had been fined again for his recusancy; and how Lady Maxwell had sung one of Sir Thomas Wyatt's songs.

From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh