Pride's Purge: Meaning and Definition of

Pride's' Purge'

Pronunciation: [key]
— Eng. Hist. Eng. Hist.
  1. the forceful exclusion from the House of Commons, carried out by Col. Thomas Pride in December 1648, of about 100 members who favored compromise with the Royalist party.
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