单词 | ribbon society |
释义 | > as lemmasRibbon Society Ribbon Society n. Irish History a Loyalist secret society formed in the north and northwest of Ireland early in the 19th cent. in direct opposition to the Orange Order; (also) a society formed on similar principles outside of Ireland.The Society was organized in lodges and members, chiefly deriving from farming communities, and its members wore a green badge or ribbon. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > Roman Catholic sects and groups > [noun] > Ribbonism Ribbon Society1816 Ribandism1820 Ribbonism1820 Ribbon Association1822 1816 Hansard Commons 28 Feb. 957 The leaders of a plot..would endeavour to promote a lawless spirit in the people which would be available to promote their designs. The Ribbon societies had been instituted with this view. 1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 244/2 The class of men with which the Ribbon societies were recruited. 1912 Times 7 Aug. 6/3 Mr. Gladstone in 1871 caused to be passed an Act for the suppression of the Ribbon Society. 1994 R. G. MacCallum Tongs Ya Bas 165 Members of the Glasgow Ribbon Society, blew up one of the giant gasometers..in the Tradeston Gas Works in 1883. < as lemmas |
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