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nonjuror
/nɒnˈdʒʊəɹə/
noun 2
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1ADJ.
old, other, venerable
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noun
1
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 […].
2
One who is not a juror.
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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 — [...].
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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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