Test Actn.

Etymology: See test n.¹ 3.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈTest Act.

The name given in English History to various acts directed against Roman Catholics and Protestant Nonconformists; particularly, the act of 1673 (25 Chas. II. c. 2) by which the provisions of the Corporation Act of 1661 (see corporation n. Compounds 1) were extended to include all persons holding office under the Crown, and a declaration against transubstantiation was introduced. It was repealed 9 May, 1828. Also sometimes applied to (a) an act of Elizabeth, 1563, imposing the oath of allegiance, and abjuration of the temporal authority of Rome, on all office-holders except peers; (b) the Corporation Act of 1661; (c) a Scotch act of 1681, exacting a declaration of conformity to the Episcopal Church of all holders of municipal and government offices.

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Bloody Statutea1648

Five-mile Act1672

Corporation Act1679

test-law1687

Bill of Toleration1692

Test Act1708

Schism Act1733

Schism Bill1733

penal codea1777

Veto Act1835

society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > establishmentarianism > [noun] > test

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Test Act1708

test-oath1715

1708 C. Leslie Let. against Sacramental Test 5 This Test Act requires an End in the Receiving of the Sacrament, that must consequently prophane it.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 351 A sure law against Popery,..all that continued in office after the time lapsed, they not taking the Sacrament, and not renouncing Transubstantiation (which came to be called the Test, and the Act from it the Test Act,) were rendred incapable of holding any office: All the Acts they did in it were declared invalid and illegal, besides a fine of 500 l. to the discoverer.

1738 D. Neal Hist. Puritans IV. 458 This is commonly called the Test Act, and was levelled against the Duke of York and the present Ministry, who were chiefly of his persuasion.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. iv. 57 To secure the established church against perils from non-conformists of all demoninations, infidels, turks, jews, hereticks, papists, and sectaries, there are however two bulwarks erected; called the corporation and test acts.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §6. 400 But the Test Act [of 1563] placed the magistracy in Protestant hands.

1886 A. Fergusson Laird of Lag iii. 36 The famous Test Act was passed by the Scots Parliament at one sitting on the 30 August 1681.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	test act
释义	Test Actn. Etymology: See test n.¹ 3.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈTest Act. The name given in English History to various acts directed against Roman Catholics and Protestant Nonconformists; particularly, the act of 1673 (25 Chas. II. c. 2) by which the provisions of the Corporation Act of 1661 (see corporation n. Compounds 1) were extended to include all persons holding office under the Crown, and a declaration against transubstantiation was introduced. It was repealed 9 May, 1828. Also sometimes applied to (a) an act of Elizabeth, 1563, imposing the oath of allegiance, and abjuration of the temporal authority of Rome, on all office-holders except peers; (b) the Corporation Act of 1661; (c) a Scotch act of 1681, exacting a declaration of conformity to the Episcopal Church of all holders of municipal and government offices. ΘΚΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > concerning religion Bloody Statutea1648 Five-mile Act1672 Corporation Act1679 test-law1687 Bill of Toleration1692 Test Act1708 Schism Act1733 Schism Bill1733 penal codea1777 Veto Act1835 society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > establishmentarianism > [noun] > test test1665 Test Act1708 test-oath1715 1708 C. Leslie Let. against Sacramental Test 5 This Test Act requires an End in the Receiving of the Sacrament, that must consequently prophane it. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 351 A sure law against Popery,..all that continued in office after the time lapsed, they not taking the Sacrament, and not renouncing Transubstantiation (which came to be called the Test, and the Act from it the Test Act,) were rendred incapable of holding any office: All the Acts they did in it were declared invalid and illegal, besides a fine of 500 l. to the discoverer. 1738 D. Neal Hist. Puritans IV. 458 This is commonly called the Test Act, and was levelled against the Duke of York and the present Ministry, who were chiefly of his persuasion. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. iv. 57 To secure the established church against perils from non-conformists of all demoninations, infidels, turks, jews, hereticks, papists, and sectaries, there are however two bulwarks erected; called the corporation and test acts. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §6. 400 But the Test Act [of 1563] placed the magistracy in Protestant hands. 1886 A. Fergusson Laird of Lag iii. 36 The famous Test Act was passed by the Scots Parliament at one sitting on the 30 August 1681. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1708
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