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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[F.

jurer

to swear, or L.

jurare

jurari

, to swear, fr. L.

jus

juris

, right, law, justice. See

Not swearing allegiance; – applied to the party in Great Britain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary, or their successors.

nonjuring ‎(not comparable)

Describing the bishops, clergy and congregations that refused to swear allegiance to William III of England.