re·cu·sant /-zənt/
 (a.)不服從權威的拒絕服從的人,不服國教的人


 Re·cu·sant a. Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord.
    It stated him to have placed his son in the household of the Countess of Derby, a recusant papist.   --Sir W. Scott.


 Re·cu·sant, n.
 1. One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion.
    The last rebellious recusants among the European family of nations.   --De Quincey.
 2. Eng. Hist. A person who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in matters of religion; as, a Roman Catholic recusant, who acknowledges the supremacy of the pope.
 3. One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist.
    All that are recusants of holy rites.   --Holyday.

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 recusant
      adj 1: (of Catholics formerly) refusing to attend services of the
             Church of England [syn: dissentient]
      2: refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant
         electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary
         W.Williams
      n : someone who refuses to conform to established standards of
          conduct [syn: nonconformist] [ant: conformist]