| 单词 | protestant ascendancy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasProtestant ascendancy Protestant ascendancy n. the domination of the Anglo-Irish Protestant minority in pre-Republican Ireland, esp. in the 18th and 19th centuries; (also) the members of the landed aristocracy comprising this minority. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > ruling class or group > [noun] > of Anglo-Irish in Ireland Protestant ascendancy1787 society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > [noun] > person > collective > in Ireland Protestant ascendancy1787 1787 W. Campbell Vindic. Presbyterians Ireland (ed. 2) 34 If..it should appear eligible to the wisdom of Parliament to change the ecclesiastical Establishment, don't be afraid that the protestant ascendency..would be in any danger from the want of another national Church. 1792 E. Burke Let. in Wks. (1901) VI. 65 The Lord Mayor of Dublin, and the Speaker of the Irish parliament, who recommend the preservation of the Protestant ascendency. 1827 J. Barrington Personal Sketches Own Times 243 The term ‘Protestant ascendancy’ was coined by Mr. John Gifford..and became an epithet very fatal to the peace of Ireland. 1875 F. Arnold Our Bishops & Deans I. iii. 148 What idea of Protestant truth was conveyed to the Roman Catholics by the favourite phrase ‘Protestant ascendancy’? 1922 R. Dunlop Ireland from Earliest Times v. 129 The Treaty of Limerick marks the beginning of a new period known as that of the Protestant Ascendancy. 1992 Times 12 Sept. 12/1 An ‘ethnic cleansing’ victim of the Protestant ascendancy in Ireland. < as lemmas |
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