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Act of Uniformity

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noun

English History.
  1. any of the three statutes (1549, 1559, 1662) regulating public worship services in the Anglican Church, especially the act of 1662 requiring the use of the Book of Common Prayer.


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The following year, the Act of Uniformity of 1559 brought back the Book of Common Prayer as the only legal form of worship in England.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

In 1662, Ray resigned his college fellowship, rather than subscribe to the Act of Uniformity passed by Parliament to fortify Charles II’s newly restored monarchy.

From Nature • May 1, 2018

The Act of Uniformity is to be construed by the same rules exactly as any act passed in the last session of Parliament.

From Ritual Conformity Interpretations of the Rubrics of the Prayer-Book by Unknown

Also got the Act of Uniformity bill read a third time.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John

In the church he inherited the ideas of Laud, and saw in the maintenance of the Act of Uniformity the safeguard of religion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various

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