nonjuror
a person who refuses to take a required oath, as of allegiance.
(often initial capital letter)English History. any of the clergymen of the Church of England who in 1689 refused to swear allegiance to William and Mary.
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How to use nonjuror in a sentence
Six months, to be reckoned from that day, were allowed to the nonjuror for reconsideration.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulaySuch men, it is evident, were not likely to see the Revolution in the light in which it appeared to an Oxonian nonjuror.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThe nonjuror in whose favour Johnson made this exception was Charles Leslie.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayIn many parts of England a nonjuror could not show himself without great risk of being insulted.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayCornbury was a tool of Marlborough, and was the son of a nonjuror and of a notorious plotter.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for nonjuror (1 of 2)
/ (ˌnɒnˈdʒʊərə) /
a person who refuses to take an oath, as of allegiance
British Dictionary definitions for Nonjuror (2 of 2)
/ (ˌnɒnˈdʒʊərə) /
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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