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Definition of Association of orangemen

1. Noun. A Protestant political organization in Northern Ireland.

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Literary usage of Association of orangemen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Historical Review of the State of Ireland from the Invasion of that by Francis Plowden (1806)
"The mischief of the association of Orangemen consisted in the principle of national disunion, which it essentially went to establish in perpetuity,* that it ..."

2. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1836)
"... and regarded the insolent ascendancy of the Protestants, and the pernicious association of Orangemen, as amongst the leading causes to which its ..."

3. A History of the British Empire in the Nineteenth Century by Marcus Robert Phipps Dorman (1902)
"3 "The mischief of the Association of Orangemen consisted in the principle of national disunion, which it essentially went to establish in perpetuity. ..."

4. The Orange Society by Henry William Cleary (1899)
"... Benevolent Society," which is, I believe, an association of Orangemen, corresponding with the " Protestant Alliance Friendly Society" of Victoria. ..."

5. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1878)
"And yet, in presence of this vivid, gigantic, all-ramifying secret society, how pales and dwarfs this little association of Orangemen. ..."

6. The History of Ireland: From Its Invasion Under Henry II. to Its Union with by Francis Plowden (1812)
"... of the advantage of misrepresenting their antagonists. ous effects .. . . , ... , ' .. . .... The mischief of the association of Orangemen con- of the ..."

7. The History of the Reign of George III. by Robert Bisset (1828)
"Counter association of Orangemen.] ions : outnumbering them and overpowering them in parliament, the catholics might claim and recover the possessions of ..."

8. Christianity in the United States from the First Settlement Down to the by Daniel Dorchester (1888)
"A Protestant Irish association of Orangemen acted a very prominent part in the affair. About this time also the Native American party was organized, ..."

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