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/glˈɔriəs rˌɛvəlˈuʃən/ Listen

Glorious Revolution

noun

The revolution against James II; there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England although battles were fought in Scotland and Ireland (1688-1689). Synonyms: Bloodless Revolution, English Revolution.

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... attached to the hoop, and at the other end is a ring, by which the victim was led, or by which she was, at pleasure, attached to a post or wall. On front of the brank are the initials 'T.C.,' and the date '1688'—the year of the 'Glorious Revolution'—the year of all years memorable in the annals of Chesterfield and the little village of Whittington, closely adjoining, in which the Revolution was planned. Strange that an instrument of brutal and tyrannical torture ...

— Bygone Punishments • William Andrews

... you altered the succession to theirs, as well as to your own crown; but you never altered their constitution; the principle of which was respected by usurpation; restored with the restoration of monarchy, and established, I trust, for ever, by the glorious Revolution. ...

— Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke. • Edmund Burke

Words linked to "Glorious Revolution" : Bloodless Revolution, English Revolution, revolution