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Definition: ACT OF UNIFORMITY

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. (Eng. Hist.), an act of Parliament, passed in 1661, prescribing the form of public prayers, administration of sacraments, and other rites of the Established Church of England. Its provisions were modified by the ``Act of Uniformity Amendment Act,'' of 1872.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Extended Definition: ACT OF UNIFORMITY

Act of Uniformity

Over the course of English parliamentary history there were a number of acts of uniformity. All had the basic object of establishing some sort of religious orthodoxy within the English church.

  • The Act of Uniformity 1549 (2 & 3 Edward VI, c 1) which established the Book of Common Prayer as the only legal form of worship.
  • The Act of Uniformity 1552 (5 and 6 Edward VI, c. 1) required the use of the Book of Common Prayer of 1552.
  • The Act of Uniformity 1559, (1Eliz., c. 2) was adopted on the ascension of Elizabeth I. See Elizabethan Religious Settlement
  • The Act of Uniformity 1662, (13 and 14 Chas. II , c. 4) was enacted after the restoration of the monarchy. It required the use of all the rites and ceremonies in the Book of Common Prayer of 1662 in church services.

(The '16 Charles II c. 2' nomenclature is reference to the statute book of the numbered year of the reign of the named King in the stated chapter. This is the method used for Acts of Parliament from before 1962.)

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    Act of Uniformity 1662 8     Act of Uniformity 1549 15
    Act of Uniformity 1559 6     Act of Uniformity 1552 2
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