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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But in the '45 he had taken no part, and he revealed to the British Government the existence of the Bourbon Family Compact.
From James Boswell Famous Scots Series by W. Keith (William Keith) Leask
He was older than his years, and was no longer the same man who had once so scathingly denounced the Family Compact.
From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by John Charles Dent
Worst of all, it soon appeared that Godoy was bent on reviving the policy of the Family Compact, making common cause even with the murderers of Louis XVI in order to thwart England's expansion oversea.
From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose
The two powers of the House of Bourbon were still bound by the Family Compact, and eager for allies in the strife with England which the struggles in India and America were bringing hourly nearer.
From History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 by John Richard Green
"Family Compact," the, Political views, and position of, 18, 60 et sqq.,
From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by J. L. (John Lyle) Morison
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