ACT OF UNIFORMITY

Definition: ACT OF UNIFORMITY

ACT OF UNIFORMITY

1. (Eng. Hist.), an act of Parliament, passed in 1661, prescribing the form of public prayers, administration of sacraments, and other rites of the Established Church of England. Its provisions were modified by the ``Act of Uniformity Amendment Act,'' of 1872.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crosswords: ACT OF UNIFORMITY

Specialty definitions using "ACT OF UNIFORMITY": Nag's Head Consecration. (references)

Specialty Definition: Act of Uniformity

The Act of Uniformity was an English statute, 14 Charles II c. 4 (1662), which required the use of all the rites and ceremonies in the Book of Common Prayer in church services.

For more information, see Conventicle Act.

(The '16 Charles II c. 2' nomenclature is reference to the statute book of the numbered year of the reign of the named King in the stated chapter. This is the method used for Acts of Parliament from before 1962.

Commercial Usage: ACT OF UNIFORMITY

Domain	Title
Books	The descendants of Philip Henry, M.A.: incumbent of Worthenbury in the county of Flint, who was ejected therefrom by the Act of Uniformity in 1662 (reference) (more book examples)
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Anagrams: ACT OF UNIFORMITY

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	Words within the letters "a-c-f-f-i-i-m-n-o-o-r-t-t-u-y"
	-5 letters: conformity, craniotomy, uniformity, urtication.
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