Wales glossary
Wales glossary
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DemographyStudy of population sizes. | |
Deputy-lieutenantLeading gentleman of a county, one of those having certain military and other functions under the Lord Lieutenant. | |
Devolved (government)See Devolution. | |
DiaconateBoard of Deacons or elected ‘middle management’ of nonconformist chapels. | |
DisestablishmentThe act of separating the Church in Wales from the Church of England which was the established Church. | |
Disraeli, BenjaminConservative MP from 1837. Prime Minister 1868 and 1874–80. | |
DissentNonconformity – conscientious refusal to accept the doctrines, ceremonies and order of the Church of England. | |
Dissolution of the monasteriesHenry VIII closed down the Roman Catholic monasteries in the 1530s. This was partly a consequence of his break with Rome, but mainly because he coveted their great wealth. | |
Distain | |