PRIDE'S PURGE


Meaning of PRIDE'S PURGE in English

Eng. Hist.

the forceful exclusion from the House of Commons, carried out by Col. Thomas Pride in December 1648, of about 100 members who favored compromise with the Royalist party.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .