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

The remaining voters continued recusant; but as no question was taken on the other side, the vote may be said to have been a very decided one, if not positively unanimous.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore

I beseech you, how can you give liberty of conscience to the heretic, and yet refuse liberty of conscience to him that is the conscientious recusant in point of the war?

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George