Pride's Purge

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noun

English History.

1. the forceful exclusion from the House of Commons, carried out by Colonel Thomas Pride in December 1648, of about 100 members who favored compromise with the Royalist party.

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Example Sentences

On the occasion of Pride’s Purge on the 6th of December Holles absented himself and escaped again to France.

From Project Gutenberg

He was, however, in favour of accepting the king’s terms at Newport in December, and in consequence was excluded from the House by Pride’s Purge.

From Project Gutenberg

He said sharply that he did not wish to hear any talk of a 'Pride's Purge.'

From Time Magazine Archive

On the 2nd of January 1649 the Lords threw out the ordinance for bringing the king to trial, and the small remnant of the House of Commons which survived Pride’s Purge, consisting of 53 independents, determined to carry out the ordinance on their own authority.

From Project Gutenberg

On the 6th “Pride’s Purge” had removed from the Commons all those who might show any favour to the king.

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