单词 | non-abjuror |
释义 | non-abjurorn. English History. rare. A person (usually a clergyman) who refuses to take the Oath of Abjuration. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > Jacobitism > adherent of > specific non-compounder1651 non-abjuror1671 wild goose1843 1671 T. Gumble Life Gen. Monck 220 There was a great Division in the House, which was carried on with great heat and passion between the Abjurers and Non-Abjurers. 1889 Dict. National Biogr. XVII. 404/2 The penalties of the act (fine and expulsion) were not enforced against the presbyterian clergy, and the non-abjurors were sustained by popular sentiment. 1917 J. Hastings Encycl. Relig. & Ethics ix. 394/1 Those rejecting only the oaths of 1701 and 1714 are sometimes distinguished [from Nonjurors] as Non-Abjurors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1671 |
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