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nonjuror

noun non·ju·ror \-ˈjr-ər, -ˈjr-ˌr\

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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