non·ju·ror | \ ˌnän-ˈju̇r-ər 
, -ˈju̇r-ˌȯr \
, -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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The first known use of nonjuror was in 1691
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