On this page you'll find 7 example sentences with Recusant. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as contestant or objector and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Recusant meaning
- Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, whether a Protestant dissident or a Roman Catholic.
- Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.
Synonyms of Recusant
Using Recusant
- The main meaning on this page is: Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, whether a Protestant dissident or a Roman Catholic. | Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.
- Useful related words include: dissentient, contestant, objector, protester.
Context around Recusant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Recusant
- In this selection, "recusant" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, find, day, catholic, bernahl, squirearchy and applies stand out and add context to how "recusant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a catholic recusant and aristocracy and recusant squirearchy mainly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "recusant" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with recusant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After joining Volcano Manor, go to the drawing room to find Recusant Bernahl sitting on a chair. (17 words)
The Acton (also known as Dalberg-Acton and Lyon-Dalberg-Acton) family is another well-known recusant family. (18 words)
Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden, descended from a staunch Catholic family, and his father, John Shakespeare, was listed as a Catholic recusant. (22 words)
Everyone was to be "adjudged a Papist" who refused this oath, and the consequent penalties began with the confiscation of two thirds of the recusant 's goods, and went on to deprive him of almost every civic right. (38 words)
Examines the abbeys rebuilt after 1850 (by benefactors among the Catholic aristocracy and recusant squirearchy), mainly Benedictine but including a Cistercian Abbey at Mount St. Bernard (by Pugin) and a Carthusian Charterhouse in Sussex. (34 words)
Sensing his greater priority was Marrakesh, where recusant Almohad sheikhs had rallied behind Yahya, another son of al-Nasir, al-Adil paid little attention to this little band of misfits. (30 words)
Example sentences (7)
After joining Volcano Manor, go to the drawing room to find Recusant Bernahl sitting on a chair.
Everyone was to be "adjudged a Papist" who refused this oath, and the consequent penalties began with the confiscation of two thirds of the recusant 's goods, and went on to deprive him of almost every civic right.
Examines the abbeys rebuilt after 1850 (by benefactors among the Catholic aristocracy and recusant squirearchy), mainly Benedictine but including a Cistercian Abbey at Mount St. Bernard (by Pugin) and a Carthusian Charterhouse in Sussex.
Modern usage As far as the term is used in the present day, recusant applies to the descendants of Roman Catholic British gentry and peerage families.
Sensing his greater priority was Marrakesh, where recusant Almohad sheikhs had rallied behind Yahya, another son of al-Nasir, al-Adil paid little attention to this little band of misfits.
Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden, descended from a staunch Catholic family, and his father, John Shakespeare, was listed as a Catholic recusant.
The Acton (also known as Dalberg-Acton and Lyon-Dalberg-Acton) family is another well-known recusant family.