Wales glossary
Wales glossary
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Marcher lordOriginally Norman lords who had settled on the border between England and Wales and who acquired land by westward advance and conquest. | |
March, TheThe area of Wales conquered by individual Norman marcher lords and held by them from the eleventh to the sixteenth century. | |
Maredudd ap Rhys GrygDied 1272. Prince of Deheubarth. | |
Marriage barBar against the employment of married women in some jobs – teaching was a prime example until after 1944. | |
Marxist/MarxismAdherent of Marxist philosophies of society promulgated by Karl Marx which postulated the coming of the Communist revolution. | |
MassA title for the central rite of the Christian religion – the Eucharist, Holy Communion or Lord’s Supper. Especially applies to the Roman Catholic church. | |
MatriculationEffectively, a university entrance qualification. Applied, in the inter-war years, to those who gained a five-subject certificate at credit level (significantly higher than pass level) of an authorised examining board – in Wales, for most schools, this was the Central Welsh Board. | |
MaugreAn archaic word meaning ‘in spite of’. | |
McKinley TariffImport duties imposed by the United States of America on tinplate. Import duties imposed by the United States of America on tinplate. | |
Means TestThe system by which welfare benefits, including money for the unemployed, the ‘dole’, was cut in line with income brought in by any member of the household. | |