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Marprelate
/ ˈmɑːprɛlɪt /
noun
- MarprelateMartinMEnglishWRITING: writer Martin, the pen name of the anonymous author or authors of a series of satirical Puritan tracts (1588–89), attacking the bishops of the Church of England
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The most noted of these works were put forth under the fictitious name of Martin Marprelate.
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The authors of the Martin Marprelate pamphlets against the bishops were punished by death or imprisonment.
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This is the celebrated series of "Martin Marprelate" tracts, with the replies which they called forth.
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Martin Marprelate, sketch of the Controversy and account of the principal tracts, 241-252.
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Here Nash takes his customary side in the Marprelate business.
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