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Act of Uniformity

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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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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

Bartholomew, 24th August 1662, the day on which the Act of Uniformity came into force within the Church of England.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

In the church he inherited the ideas of Laud, and saw in the maintenance of the Act of Uniformity the safeguard of religion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various

The English Act of Uniformity, § 139, 6. 1560-1565.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.