recusancy

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James’s first act, when his succession was peaceably ensured, was to remit the fines for recusancy.

From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

And no recusancy to bear arms can here justify itself on the plea that Christianity forbids all bloodshed or even violence.”

From Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war by Lind-af-Hageby, L. (Lizzy)

He laughed and cried: "Thou hast a ready tongue, young mistress; and when tried for recusancy I warrant thou'lt give the judge a piece of thy mind."

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

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

Had he then been an avowed Roman Catholic, or even suspected of recusancy, he would scarcely have obtained such a grant from the Government of Elizabeth.

From Pope: His Descent and Family Connections Facts and Conjectures by Hunter, Joseph