Nonjuror
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /nɒnˈdʒʊəɹə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nonjuror is a noun meaning One who is not a juror.
Meaning
One who is not a juror.
More Meanings
- (historical, Anglicanism) 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.
Example Sentences
The character of a nonjuror which he maintained to the last is a sufficient evidence of his principles in Church and State […].
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 — [...].
Word Forms
- nonjurors
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include swearer, break-vow, mounter, jobsworth, outlaw, tory.
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