rec·u·sant 
(rĕkyə-zənt, rĭ-ky-)
(rĕkyə-zənt, rĭ-ky-)n.
1. One of the Roman Catholics in England who incurred legal and social penalties in the 1500s and afterward for refusing to attend services of the Church of England.
2. A dissenter; a nonconformist.
recu·san·cy n.
recu·sant adj.