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Great Rebellion

American  
Great Rebellion British  

noun

  1. another name for the English Civil War

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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His Diaries have been extensively drawn upon by Forster, Gardiner, and by Sanford in his Studies of the Great Rebellion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various

For the events preceding the battle, see Great Rebellion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

For the part taken by Goring’s army in the operations of the Naseby campaign see Great Rebellion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

The Third Scottish Invasion of England.—Then began the last and most thrilling campaign of the Great Rebellion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

At the Great Rebellion, the Church of England was, in this sense, disestablished and disendowed.

From The Church: Her Books and Her Sacraments by Holmes, E. E.

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