| 单词 | liberty of religion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasliberty of religion liberty of religion n. freedom to practise the religion of one's choice, esp. when regarded as a right. ΚΠ 1573 tr. F. Hotman True Rep. Outrages Fraunce p. lxxxvii He that in fewe dayes before had by newe authoritie confirmed the libertie of Religion permitted by his Edicts of pacification. a1624 R. Crakanthorpe Vigilius Dormitans (1631) xxxv. 444 Hee exclameth against the Emperor Theodosius, as if he had given toleration & free liberty of Religion to Arians, Eunomians, Manichees, Marcionites, Valentinians, & Montanists. 1739 Old Whig I. No. 4. 37 Unless this liberty of religion is the inherent right of every man, in every age and nation, it can never be the right of any man in any. 1846 United Secession Mag. Jan. 25/2 The liberty of religion was now placed in imminent hazard, both from popular outrage and from state encroachments. 1922 W. Lefferts Settlement of Pennsylvania iii. 22 Ever since he was a youth of eighteen he had joyfully dreamed of such a religious refuge for those who were persecuted. now his colony was to have liberty of religion. 2005 Jakarta Post (Nexis) 1 Oct. 7 The principle of the liberty of religion precludes any operation of any type of distinction between religions. < as lemmas |
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