Act of Uniformity

American  

noun

English History.

1. any of the three statutes (1549, 1559, 1662) regulating public worship services in the Anglican Church, especially the act of 1662 requiring the use of the Book of Common Prayer.

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Example Sentences

The following year, the Act of Uniformity of 1559 brought back the Book of Common Prayer as the only legal form of worship in England.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

In 1662, Ray resigned his college fellowship, rather than subscribe to the Act of Uniformity passed by Parliament to fortify Charles II’s newly restored monarchy.

From Nature • May 1, 2018

By the Act of Uniformity of Charles II, it was reinstated into the rights and liberties from which it had been deposed.

From The Church: Her Books and Her Sacraments by Holmes, E. E.

Nonconform′ist, one who does not conform: esp. one who refused to conform or subscribe to the Act of Uniformity in 1662—abbrev.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

He laboured successfully amongst them during five years, when, on the passing of "the Act of Uniformity," he gave up the living, rather than comply with the terms required.

From Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Coleman, Thomas