RECUSANCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recusancy mean? 

• RECUSANCY (noun)
  The noun RECUSANCY has 1 sense:

1. refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England

  Familiarity information: RECUSANCY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECUSANCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("recusancy" is a kind of...):

direct action (a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands)

Derivation:

recusant (refusing to submit to authority)

recusant ((of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England)