Recusant
Recusant (-zat; 277) , adjective
[Latin recusans, -antis, present participle of recure to refuse, to oject to; pref. re- re + causa a cause, pretext: compare French récusant. See Cause, and compare Ruse.]
Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the church, or to conform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord.
It stated him to have placed his son in the household of the Countess of Derby, a recusant papist.
Recusant , noun
1.
One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion.
The last rebellious recusants among the European family of nations.
2.
(Eng. Hist.) A person who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in matters of religion; as, a Roman Catholic recusant, who acknowledges the supremacy of the pope. — Brande & C
3.
One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist.
All that are recusants of holy rites.