recusant
Example Sentences
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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 recusant children ranged themselves before the teacher, who seemed to think she had now quenched the rebellion.
From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various
The recusant Colonel was refused a moment's rest throughout the live-long night.
From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry
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
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