toleration act

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Definition of toleration act in English English dictionary

(1689) Act of the British Parliament that granted freedom of worship to Nonconformists, allowing them their own places of worship and their own teachers and preachers. The act did not apply to Catholics and Unitarians and continued the existing social and political prohibitions, such as exclusion from political office, that applied to dissenters from the Church of England

Hyphenation

tol·e·ra·tion act

Turkish pronunciation

tälıreyşın äkt

Pronunciation

/ˌtälərˈāsʜən ˈakt/ /ˌtɑːlɜrˈeɪʃən ˈækt/