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  nonjuror

  noun

  a person who refuses to take a required oath, as of allegiance.
• Nonjuror
  Nonjuror

  noun

  any of a group of clergy in England and Scotland who declined to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary in 1689

nonjuror

American  

[non-joor-er] / nɒnˈdʒʊər ər /

noun

1. a person who refuses to take a required oath, as of allegiance.

2. (often initial capital letter) any of the clergymen of the Church of England who in 1689 refused to swear allegiance to William and Mary.

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Nonjuror ¹ British  

/ ˌnɒnˈdʒʊərə /

noun

1. any of a group of clergy in England and Scotland who declined to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary in 1689

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nonjuror ² British  

/ ˌnɒnˈdʒʊərə /

noun

1. a person who refuses to take an oath, as of allegiance

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Etymology

Origin of nonjuror

First recorded in 1685–95; non- + juror

Example Sentences

His opinions, as he was a nonjuror, seem not to have been remarkably rigid.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

This song was composed by the Rev. John Skinner, nonjuror clergyman at Linshart, near Peterhead.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

Thou mak'st me swear, that am a known nonjuror.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

The nonjuror was a man thoroughly fitted by nature, education, and habit for polemical dispute.

From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

As a nonjuror he refused to take the oaths of allegiance to King George I., and early in 1716 he was deprived of his librarianship.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various