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Clarendon Code
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Clarendon Code
n
(Historical Terms) English history four acts passed by the Cavalier Parliament between 1661 and 1665 to deal with the religious problems of the Restoration
[named after Edward Hyde, first Earl of Clarendon (1609-74), English statesman and historian, who was not, however, a supporter of the code]


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