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- noun Plural form of
Williamite .
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The two main factions were known as Williamites and
An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) Robert S. Rait
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Three hundred and eighteen years ago more or less today, * the Jacobites and Williamites met at a great battle near Boyne, in Ireland, over which absolute monarch would get to rule the United Kingdom.
July 12th, 2008 m_francis 2008
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Whigs and Tories, High-Church and Low-Church, Jacobites and Williamites, and many more Distinctions, which they divide and sub-divide, 'till at last they make this Dis-union meet in an harmonious Tea-Table
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It was in 1691 the site of a battle between Jacobites and Williamites - respectively, if a little simplistically, the forebears of the Catholics (or Nationalists) and Protestants (or Unionists) of the modern era.
More on Maugrim Richard Nokes 2005
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It was in 1691 the site of a battle between Jacobites and Williamites - respectively, if a little simplistically, the forebears of the Catholics (or Nationalists) and Protestants (or Unionists) of the modern era.
Archive 2005-12-01 Richard Nokes 2005
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We fought for the royal Stuarts that reneged us against the Williamites and they betrayed us.
Ulysses 2003
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Writing of the Irish city of Limerick in his portmanteau review of Frank McCourt's books [ "Not-So-Great Expectations," NYR, May 25], Julian Moynahan says: "Then there is the dark episode in the city's history when its defenders, in 1690, were overwhelmed by the Williamites."
The Pogrom in Limerick Derbyshire, John 2000
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Bernardines; these Carmelites. those Augustines: these Williamites. and those Jacobines; as if it were not worth the while to be called Christians.
In Praise of Folly c. 1466-1536 1958
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This is the oldest and most spirited version of the famous Orange song that celebrates the victory of the Williamites over the Jacobites at the battle of the Boyne.
The Boyne Water Anonymous 1922
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Williamites, founded by St. William of Maleval shortly before his death in 1157.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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