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单词 tory party
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Tory party
Tory party n. (originally) the political faction who opposed the exclusion of James, Duke of York (later James II), from the succession to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland on account of his Roman Catholicism during the late 1670s and 1680s (see sense A. 2); (subsequently) the British political party which developed from this faction after the Glorious Revolution (1688) and was eventually succeeded by the Conservative Party in the mid 19th cent. (see sense A. 3a); now used as an informal name for the British or Canadian Conservative Party.
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1681 Char. Mod. Whig (single sheet) He hath all along Danced to the Jesuits Pipe, and Steer'd by his Compass we know, but of late he hath openly profest, and avowed such Doctrines as these: That 'tis lawful to take any Oaths whatsoever with a Mental Salvo for the sake of the good Old Cause. That no Faith is to be kept with the Tory-Party.
1694 Ld. Delamere Wks. 82 The greatest difficulty which the King has to struggle with will be from the High Church or Tory Party, and the more he trusts or confides in them, the harder game he will have to play.
1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) 90 This inconsiderable Faction could not be deem'd the Tory Party, but received the Name of Jacobite with more Propriety.
1830 T. P. Thompson Article Great Brit. & France (ed. 3) 20 The advice of the English High Church and Tory party has been taken; and the Bourbons are driven from France.
1886 T. E. Kebbel Hist. Toryism ix. 468 In its defence of the Monarchy, the Church, and the territorial Constitution of the country, the Tory party has never faltered.
2013 Observer 10 Mar. 45/2 Strident at the best of times, this wing of the Tory party has become more clamorous because of the electoral menace posed to them by the Farageists.
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