Word: recusancies
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
cu
san
cies
Definition: Plural of recusancy; refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England
Morphemes:
Affix: recusant
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: recūsans
Language: la
Decoded: recusans
PoS: Participle
Meaning: refusing, declining
Affix: -cy
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality e.g. obstinacy.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -cia
Language: la
Decoded: -cia
Meaning: -cia
Affix: -ies
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the third person singular of the indicative of verbs ending in consonant-y.