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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

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In many parts of England a nonjuror could not show himself without great risk of being insulted.

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

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

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

We read, as we come through the lobby, in the face and gestures of every nonjuror whom we pass, delight at the momentary coolness which has arisen between us and the King.

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

So my Lord Castlewood remained a nonjuror all his life nearly, though his self-denial caused him many a pang, and left him sulky and out of humour.

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by George Saintsbury

So my Lord Castlewood remained a nonjuror all his life nearly, though his self-denial caused him many a pang, and left him sulky and out of humor.

From The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne by William Makepeace Thackeray

Francis Lee, the Nonjuror, an excellent man, one of Robert Nelson's friends, was 'once a great Bourignonist.'—Hearne to Rawlinson, App. in.

From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Charles J. (Charles John) Abbey

The Archbishop himself consecrated: one Nonjuror reading the prayers, another preaching.

From Stray Studies from England and Italy by John Richard Greene

Numerous “keys” to the Nonjuror appeared in 1718.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

He was deprived of his see as a Nonjuror in 1691.

From The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See by W. D. (Walter Debenham) Sweeting

In 1768 Bickerstaffe altered it into the Hypocrite, and substituted Dr. Cantwell, the Methodist, for Dr. Wolfe, the Nonjuror.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

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