nonjuror

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Pronunciation

/nɒnˈdʒʊəɹə/ (UK)

Definition of nonjuror

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(historical)Someone who refuses to swear a particular oath, specifically a clergyman who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary in 1689.

“Accident brought her into the Company of a Couple of Clergymen, disguised in Secular Habits, The one was a Venerable Old Nonjuror, the other, the Reverend Dr..... Dean of — [...].”
“The character of a nonjuror which he maintained to the last is a sufficient evidence of his principles in Church and State […].”

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noun

(historical)Someone who refuses to swear a particular oath, specifically a clergyman who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary in 1689.

“Accident brought her into the Company of a Couple of Clergymen, disguised in Secular Habits, The one was a Venerable Old Nonjuror, the other, the Reverend Dr..... Dean of — [...].”
“The character of a nonjuror which he maintained to the last is a sufficient evidence of his principles in Church and State […].”
One who is not a juror.

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From non- + juror.

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