Rump Parliament

American  

noun

English History.

1. the remnant of the Long Parliament established by the expulsion of the Presbyterian members in 1648, dismissed by force in 1653, and restored briefly in 1659–60.

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Rump Parliament British  

noun

1. English history the remainder of the Long Parliament after Pride's Purge. It sat from 1648–53

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Rump Parliament

The so-called Rump Parliament sat in almost continual session, refused to stand for re-election and sought to strip Cromwell of his position as commander-in-chief.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2015

How can a Rump Parliament wear spectacles, or use ear trumpets?

From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul

Set free by the Rump Parliament, he became colonel in Cromwell's army, but was banished the country when it was found that the spread of radicalism endangered discipline.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz

There seems to be a reference to that fact in the close of his fine letter to the Rump Parliament.

From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by David Masson

You sixty men there, becoming fast odious, even despicable, to the whole nation, whom the nation already calls "Rump" Parliament, you cannot continue to sit there; who or what, then, is to follow?

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Rossiter Johnson