Grand Remonstrance

noun

1. the Grand Remonstrance
   English history the document prepared by the Long Parliament in 1640 listing the evils of the king's government, the abuses already rectified, and the reforms Parliament advocated

Example Sentences

In the discussion on the Grand Remonstrance he took the part of the bishops and the Arminians.

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(b) The "Grand Remonstrance" named the illegal acts of Charles.

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It published a Grand Remonstrance, which was a long and full statement of its case against Charles.

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In the Parliament which passed the Grand Remonstrance there were sometimes as many as two hundred absentees.

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