It persecuted and prosecuted dissenters and recusants who stood in its path and it proclaimed its right so to do in innumerable sermons and treatises.From theCambridge English Corpus
It can be hard to be adissenterin the midst of a war conceived of as unconditional.From theCambridge English Corpus
The judges considered that this entitled them to remove dissenters, and acted accordingly.From theCambridge English Corpus
But there are other mechanisms beyond punishment of dissenters that also contribute to such a result.From theCambridge English Corpus
Some claims by their very nature authorize a sort of dissenter's veto; they render sincere objections self-validating.From theCambridge English Corpus
These groups' violent behavior is contingent upon interactions with dissenters and opponents.From theCambridge English Corpus
Most dissenters from the established faith did their best to minimize the burdens placed on them.From theCambridge English Corpus
The group studied here suggests this view needs to be modified, at least for dissenters.From theCambridge English Corpus
The category "dissenter" did not include all religious minorities, and it placed the tolerated minorities at a disadvantage in almost all civil capacities.From theCambridge English Corpus
Nationally, the dissenters counted 30.9 million stockholders and 84 million workers, but only 18 million unionists.From theCambridge English Corpus
Loyalists were rewarded handsomely, while dissenters were harshly punished.From theCambridge English Corpus
Romilly marked him as 'dissenter' in the register, a matter of information only.From theCambridge English Corpus
If decentralisation is extended beyond the separatist region, this may improve the credibility of government in the eyes of dissenters.From theCambridge English Corpus
These notions of resistance and rebellion suggested a further notion of 'delinquency', with young people perceived as dissenters, struggling against a moral order.From theCambridge English Corpus
The reformers, on the other hand, were mostly dissenters or evangelicals.From theCambridge English Corpus
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