In addition, however, Adams was very anti-clerical. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The William F. Buckley Clause of the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780] Reference
He had countenanced and protected anti-clerical law-breakers. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
(January-March 1531) no anti-clerical measures were introduced in. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
They will never be numbered among the anti-clerical bigots of their age. From Wordnik.com. [The Divine Remedy] Reference
There is no evidence that at this stage of his life he was anti-clerical. From Wordnik.com. [Benito Juarez, an enigma] Reference
They were an anti-clerical lot, the Framers, even the clerics among them. From Wordnik.com. [Lance Mannion:] Reference
It had fared poorly since the (largely anti-clerical) Revolution of 1910-1919. From Wordnik.com. [Getting and giving back] Reference
He strongly supported obligatory primary education, and was a firm anti-clerical. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
In 1820, in Spain, a military revolt, led by anti-clerical "Masons", restored it. From Wordnik.com. [Agustin Iturbide, unappreciated unknown] Reference
Gahl speaks of a "venomous anti-clerical" extremism from some sectors on the left. From Wordnik.com. [Taking On The Church] Reference
Mr Boffo suggested a ''shadowy anti-clerical power bloc'' was behind the campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Vatican succumbs to attack by Italian Government] Reference
The subsequent enquiry intimates pretty clearly that he betrayed anti-clerical bias. From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Things to Come] Reference
Furthermore, the thon is rather anti-clerical I think-or perhaps solely anti-monastic. From Wordnik.com. [A Canticle for Leibowitz]
Near the end of the detailed list 22 more works are advertised as anti-clerical novels. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Conspiracy] Reference
Till the more socialistic Readers mingled a little anti-clerical bitterness in their reading. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
To give him a party name, he became an anti-clerical, strictly in a political and lawful sense. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
They are more afraid of anti-clerical backlash as in the past as they are of doing the right thing. From Wordnik.com. [I don't mind you disagreeing, as long as you keep tuning in] Reference
Lollardry, it is true, had never been killed; its anti-clerical propaganda was by no means inactive. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
The late 70's and early 80's again saw anti-clerical laws, still legally in effect, ignored by the government. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Church in Mexico, triumphs and traumas] Reference
Anarchists and Socialists in connection with a recent anti-clerical movement which had convulsed the Peninsula. From Wordnik.com. [A Girl Among the Anarchists] Reference
There were matters in which Dr Wortle affected a peculiarly anti-clerical mode of expression, if not of feeling. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Wortle's school] Reference
Barclay had, however, no sympathy with the anti-clerical diatribes of John Skelton, whom he more than once attacks. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Norwich unlike Vance is by no means anti-clerical: his respect and admiration for Byzantine religious art is manifest. From Wordnik.com. [:Acquired Taste] Reference
Some were anti-religious and anti-clerical; many were directed at more secular targets, especially tax and debt records. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
NORTHERN LIGHTS starts as an interesting fantasy, but degenerates into an anti-clerical tract: a Chronicle of anti-Narnia. From Wordnik.com. [50 SF/F Works That Socialists Should Read] Reference
A son of a science teacher, a skeptic who respects the scientific method, and someone who is and profoundly anti-clerical. From Wordnik.com. [BREAKING NEWS: George Deutsch Did Not Graduate From Texas A & M University] Reference
It is also pleased to see U.S. forces insisting that the anti-clerical Iranian mujahideen in Iraq give up their heavy weapons. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 12, 2003] Reference
Parliament opened an anti-clerical campaign, but its measures at first were confined to dealing with almost indefensible and obvious abuses. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
The Federal Party, which is almost entirely anti-clerical, comprises all those who unreservedly endorse and accept American dominion and legislation. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
But while his anti-clerical policy was carried to much greater lengths, his social policy and his relaxation of the treason laws were entirely reversed. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
Campaigns against illiteracy, all kinds of social legislation, the elimination of the clergy from the public schools, which must be secular and anti-clerical!. From Wordnik.com. [Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado] Reference
A short time ago, when an Austrian Cabinet was being heckled by some anti-clerical opponents upon its alleged encouragement of an excessive number of clerical persons in. From Wordnik.com. [Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union] Reference
He said Western countries each in their own way and according to their own history have strong anti-clerical and anti-Catholic currents, but also a strong presence of faith. From Wordnik.com. [Pope Expresses Shock, Sadness Over Sex Abuse Scandal] Reference
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