Great Rebellion
Americannoun
noun
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Rebell′ion, act of rebelling: open opposition to lawful authority: revolt: the Great Rebellion in England from 1642 to 1660: the American civil war of 1861-65.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
During the Great Rebellion many brave deeds were performed by women.
From Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines by Moore, Henry Charles
The belief in the bent yew stick and feathered shaft, that had gained for England such renown at Cressy and Agincourt, was still strong in the days of her more glorious struggle—the Great Rebellion.
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
Walker emphatically mentions, among the sufferings of a clergyman's wife and family in the Great Rebellion, that they were forced to drink water with crab-apples stamped in to relish it.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 by Various
A term applied generally to the clergy about the time of the Great Rebellion.
From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous
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