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

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

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

It was William of Orange, by his Act of Toleration of a.d.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

The legislature, sir, by the Act of Toleration.

From Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Coleman, Thomas

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)

If the Act of Toleration were not perfect, if there were a complaint of it, I would gladly consent to amend it.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund