Act of Toleration

American  

noun

English History.

1. the statute (1689) granting religious freedom to dissenting Protestants upon meeting certain conditions.

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Example Sentences

Ignoring what he had said before, he now proved clearly that the Occasional Conformity Bill was a breach of the Act of Toleration.

From Daniel Defoe by Minto, William

Scotland, Act of Toleration with, regard to the Episcopal Church of, 116, 117, 118 n.;

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings by Swift, Jonathan

That darling ugly daughter, Intolerance, was executed by the Act of Toleration.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John

Persons denying the Trinity were deprived of the benefit of the Act of Toleration by an act of 1688.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

I shall only note the dry fact that within thirty years of the last enactment the whole purpose of the statutes was destroyed by the Act of Toleration.

From The Acts of Uniformity Their Scope and Effect by Lacey, T. A. (Thomas Alexander)