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Definition of: nonjuror
(non·j
r′ər) noun
1. A clergyman in England who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary after the revolution of 1688.
2. A Scottish Presbyterian who refused the oath abjuring the Stuart Pretenders. [<NON- + JUROR, in obs. sense “one who takes an oath”]
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