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nonjuror
noun non·ju·ror \-ˈju̇r-ər, -ˈju̇r-ˌȯr\
Definition of NONJUROR
: a person refusing to take an oath especially of allegiance, supremacy, or abjuration; specifically : one of the beneficed clergy in England and Scotland refusing to take an oath of allegiance to William and Mary or to their successors after the revolution of 1688
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First Known Use of NONJUROR
1691
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