Iredell

[ahyuhr-del]

noun

1. James, 1751–99, associate justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1790–99.

Example Sentences

Iredell knew there is no response to such mockery but more mockery.

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To be sure, there are aspects of Iredell’s conception of religious freedom that today we find blinkered.

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Iredell’s fellow delegate, one Henry Abbot, had observed that Article VI’s proscription of religious tests for office made some people uncomfortable: “They suppose that if there be no religious test required, pagans, deists, and Mahometans might obtain offices among us, and that the senators and representatives might all be pagans.”

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When Iredell rose to put Abbot’s mind at ease, he referred to a pamphlet he said he had just come across that, to his mind, expressed such concerns in their fullest, truest, and most absurd version, a straw man he could easily, gleefully set on fire.

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“I confess this never struck me before,” Iredell said.

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