| I have found him to be in wilful and contumacious breach of the injunction on him, which I am quite certain he knew perfectly well he had to obey in every respect. |
| The Most Obvious Question of All: Even leaving his grotesquely problematic past to one side, how is it that a public and contumacious dissenter like Raymond Gravel was not dismissed from the priesthood three years ago? |
| In England, both houses of Parliament have asserted their power to punish contumacious acts. |
| But, the cardinal declared Huss contumacious, and excommunicated him accordingly. |
| Audrey was inclined to be contumacious, but she would not yield the matter so meekly. |
| The court pronounced him contumacious, and sentenced him to be excommunicated. |
