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

The Act of Toleration, issued by him in a.d.

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

The originators of this second church, therefore, separated from the original parent, availed themselves of the Act of Toleration, and became Congregational Dissenters from a Congregational Establishment!

From American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States by Davies, Ebenezer

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

The Act of Toleration had been itself based in great measure upon mere temporary considerations, there being a very strong wish to consolidate the Protestant interest against Papal aggression.

From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)

Under the Act of Toleration, all Dissenter ministers were required to apply in person to the Council at Williamsburg, the capital, for license to preach and for permits to establish churches.

From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Holt, Mathew Joseph