单词 | teckelite |
释义 | † Teckeliten. Obsolete. In English History, A nickname given in 1683 to the Whigs, alleged to sympathize with Count Teckely in waging war against a Roman Catholic government. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Whiggism > a Whig > as supporting Exclusion Bill Whig1678 Brummagem1681 Birmingham1682 Teckelite1683 1683 J. Dryden Epil. in T. Otway & J. Dryden Prol & Epil. Constantine the Great Besides all these there were a sort of Wights, I think my Author calls 'em Teckelites: Such hearty Rogues against the King and Laws, They favour'd even a Forreign Rebell's Cause. 1684 R. L'Estrange Observator I. No. 394 Why where hast thou been Bury'd of late, that thou know'st Nothing of the Teckelites?.. There's Another Design afoot, for the Reconciling of the True-Protestants, and the Mahometans. 1688 Addr. from Carlisle in London Gaz. No. 2348/1 We likewise thank Your Majesty for Your Royal Army, which really is both the Honour and Safety of the Nation; Let the Teckelites think and say what they will. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1683 |
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