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RECUSANT (from Lat. recusare, to refuse)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 967 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RECUSANT (from Lat. recusare, to refuse)

RECUSANT (from See also:
LAT
Lat. recusare, to refuse) , the name, in See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

HISTORY

history, given in the See also:

LATH (0. Eng. laett, Mid. Eng. lappe, a form possibly due to the Welsh llath; the word appears in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch lat, Ger. Latte, and has passed into Romanic, cf. Ital. latta, Fr. latte)

lath and 17th centuries to those persons who persisted in refusing to attend the services of the English See also:

Church, and particularly to those of the See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic faith (see ROMAN.CATHOLIC CHURCH, § English See also:

Law) .

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