Definitions for tories
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1. Toriesnoun

   The British Conservative Party

2. Toriesnoun

   The Conservative Party of Canada or one of that party's predecessors.

3. Toriesnoun

   Plural form of Tory.

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1. tories

   A Tory () is a person who holds a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism, which upholds social order as it has evolved in the English culture throughout history. The Tory ethos has been summed up with the phrase "God, King, and Country". Tories are monarchists, were historically of a high church Anglican religious heritage, and opposed to the liberalism of the Whig faction. The philosophy originates from the Cavalier faction, a royalist group during the English Civil War. The Tories political faction that emerged in 1681 was a reaction to the Whig-controlled Parliaments that succeeded the Cavalier Parliament. As a political term, Tory was an insult derived from the Irish language, that later entered English politics during the Exclusion Crisis of 1678–1681. It also has exponents in other parts of the former British Empire, such as the Loyalists of British America, who opposed US secession during the American War of Independence. The Loyalists who fled to the Canadas at the end of the American Revolution, the United Empire Loyalists, formed the support base for political cliques in Upper and Lower Canada. Toryism remains prominent in Canada and the United Kingdom. The British Conservative Party and Conservative Party of Canada, and their members, continue to be referred to as Tories. Adherents to traditional Toryism in contemporary times are referred to as High Tories, who typically defend the ideas of hierarchy, natural order, and aristocracy.

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1. Tories

   of Tory

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1. Tories

   The Tories were members of two political parties which existed, sequentially, in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from the 17th to the early 19th centuries. The first Tories emerged in 1678 in England, when they opposed the Whig-supported Exclusion Bill which set out to disinherit the heir presumptive James, Duke of York. This party ceased to exist as an organised political entity in the early 1760s, although it was used as a term of self-description by some political writers. A few decades later, a new Tory party would rise to establish a hold on government between 1783 and 1830, with William Pitt the Younger followed by Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. The Earl of Liverpool was succeeded by fellow Tory Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, whose term included the Catholic Emancipation, which occurred mostly due to the election of Daniel O'Connell as a Catholic MP from Ireland. When the Whigs subsequently regained control, the Representation of the People Act 1832 removed the rotten boroughs, many of which were controlled by Tories.

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1. Tories

   Originally, during the Restoration period, the nickname bestowed by the Protestants on their religious and political opponents. This was in derisive allusion to a band of outlaws that infested the bog districts of Ireland, the word toree being Gaelic for a robber.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tories' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4745

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tories' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3023

Anagrams for tories »

1. triose

2. sortie

3. storie

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tories in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tories in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of tories in a Sentence

1. Karl Marx:

   The Tories in England had long imagined that they were enthusiastic about the monarchy, the church and beauties of the old English Constitution, until the day of danger wrung from them the confession that they are enthusiastic only about rent.

2. Tom Mludzinski:

   Clearly the Tories have outdone expectations and Labour underperformed. we actually did a poll on the day of about 4,000 people, around 12-13 % had made up their mind in the last 24 hours.

3. Alex Salmond:

   The Tories (Conservatives) would have to go effectively straight for a vote of confidence ... and we'd be voting against, so if Labour joins us in that pledge, then that's Cameron locked out.

4. Dan Vevers:

   It feels like it’s just about squabbling Tories, and the Tories aren’t a big deal in Scotland.

5. Tony Travers:

   It's more difficult for Labour to come out of this doing really well than the Tories given how low the expectations are.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tories
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tories
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tories
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tories
5. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=tories