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Definition of Cromwellian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or in the manner of Oliver Cromwell.
Definition of Cromwellian
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies ¹
2. Noun. A partisan of Oliver Cromwell ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cromwellian
Literary usage of Cromwellian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ireland Past and Present by Augustus J. Thébaud, John Habberton (1878)
"Charles II., therefore, took upon himself to be, in his own person, the executor
of the cromwellian settlement, and we have seen how far his duties extended ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1859)
"... Signa” of Battel Abbey — Queen Anne's Churches — Barrymore and the Du Barrys —
Cromwell's Children — The cromwellian Edition of ..."
3. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century by Leopold von Ranke (1875)
"IDEA OF A cromwellian MONARCHY. IT was specially with the view of enabling himself
to prosecute the war he had undertaken, that Cromwell resolved to summon ..."
4. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"CHAPTER XLIV THE cromwellian SETTLEMENT OF IRELAND STERN as were the measures
needed to secure the reign of what Oliver counted as godliness in England, ..."
5. Factors in Modern History by Albert Frederick Pollard (1907)
"IX cromwellian CONSTITUTIONS OF the many interesting and important questions
connected with the history of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, ..."
6. History of New York During the Revolutionary War: And of the Leading Events by Thomas Jones, Edward Floyd De Lancey (1879)
"CRUSHING THE REVOLUTION ON THE cromwellian PLAN. Vol. II., /. 27. THE author's
view that decided measures at first would have put an end to the American ..."
7. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"... for his European war, how natural would it have been for him to aspire to a
sort of cromwellian monarchy, a monarchy at once military and protestant! ..."
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