Clarendon Code

noun

1. English history four acts passed by the Cavalier Parliament between 1661 and 1665 to deal with the religious problems of the Restoration

Word History and Origins

Origin of Clarendon Code¹

C17: named after the first Earl of Clarendon , who was not, however, a supporter of the code

Example Sentences

Complete toleration in fact was only extended to Protestant nonconformists, who composed the Cromwellian established church, and who now meted out to their antagonists the same treatment which they themselves were later to receive under the Clarendon Code of Charles II.

From Project Gutenberg

The parliament immediately proceeded to pass the series of narrow and tyrannical measures against the dissenters known as the Clarendon Code.

From Project Gutenberg

Although some small trading posts had been established by the Swedes and Dutch in the lower valley of the Delaware River from 1623 onward, it was not until 1682 that Philadelphia was settled under a charter which William Penn obtained from Charles II the previous year, providing a place of refuge for Quakers who were suffering persecution in England under the "Clarendon Code."

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