Pride's Purge

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noun

English History.

1. the forceful exclusion from the House of Commons, carried out by Colonel Thomas Pride in December 1648, of about 100 members who favored compromise with the Royalist party.

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Example Sentences

Do you mean to say," he demanded, "that you and I, for I suppose you count on my assistance, are to enact a kind of Pride's Purge of our own?

From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Johnston, Mary

As this meant the exclusion of the members shut out by Pride's Purge in 1648 it gave rise to much dissatisfaction, and Monk was appealed to.

From London and the Kingdom - Volume II by Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson)

"Pride's Purge," the execution of Charles, and Cromwell's expulsion of the remnant of the Commons, had long ago given it mortal wounds.

From Life of John Milton by Garnett, Richard

In such summary manner the Long Parliament, or the "Rump Parliament," as it was called in derision after Pride's Purge, was dissolved, after having sat for twelve years.

From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness

This outrageous act is known in history as Pride's Purge.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey