Family Compact
Britishnoun
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the ruling oligarchy in Upper Canada in the early 19th century
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(often not capitals) any influential clique
Example Sentences
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He also derived from him a tolerably accurate notion of the evils arising from an irresponsible Executive and the domination of the Family Compact.
From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by Dent, John Charles
Walpole was thinking, no doubt, of the Family Compact, and of "the King over the Water."
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume II by McCarthy, Justin
B Attributed by Durham to ascendancy of Family Compact, 11.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
Early in the year 1790 a dispute with England concerning the frontier in North America induced the Spanish government to claim the help of France under the Family Compact.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
It seemed that the Family Compact oligarchy would have everything in their own hands.
From Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada by Putnam, J. Harold
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