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seven bishops n. (also with capital initials) Church History (with the) seven senior clergymen of the Church of England who in 1688 protested against the Declaration of Indulgence of James II (see indulgence n. 4), and were acquitted at trial of seditious libel.These clergymen were: Archbishop William Sancroft, Bishop Thomas Ken, Bishop John Lake, Bishop William Lloyd, Bishop Jonathan Trelawny, Bishop Francis Turner, and Bishop Thomas White.
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1688 (title) An account of the proceedings at the Kings-Bench Bar at Westminster-Hall, against the seven bishops.
1847 H. McNeile Lect. Acquital Seven Bishops 7 We are guilty of gross misrepresentation when we put before the public the trial of the Seven Bishops as the turning point in the religious struggle between a Popish King and a Protestant nation.
2014 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 86 894 He also provides a detailed examination of the Anglican clergy, especially the famous ‘seven bishops’, whose loyalty to the regime was sorely tested by the requirement that they publicly read James's 1688 toleration edict.
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