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contumacy

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɒntjʊməsi/Part of speech nounSorted accmnotuyStarts with CEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority

Word origin

From Latin contumācia, from contumāx (“refusing to appear in a court of law in disobedience of a summons; insolent, obstinate, stiff-necked”).

Used in a sentence

  • When an accused person, or a witness, refuses to obey a citation, he shall be cited a second time; and if he still continue to refuse, he shall be excluded from the communion of the church for contumacy, until he repent.

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