Recusancy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Recusancy \Re*cu"san*cy\ (r?*k?"zan*s? or r?k"?-), n.
     The state of being recusant; nonconformity. --Coke.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  recusancy
       n : refusal to submit to established authority; originally the
           refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the
           Church of England