contumacious
UK /ˌkɒn.tjʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs/ US /ˌkɑːn.tʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs/
adj 2
Definitions
adj
1
Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
[…] and, on his conſtancie, ſounds an accuſation to Herod of a contumacious affront, on ſuch a day, before many peers; præpares the king to ſome paſſion, and at laſt, by her daughter’s dancing, effects it.
In all places too are Dissident Priests; whom the Legislative will have to deal with: contumacious individuals, working on that angriest of passions; plotting, enlisting.
2
Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.
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