Wales glossary
Wales glossary
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AmerceTo levy a fine in a court of law. | |
AnabaptistsSee Baptist. | |
AneirinSupposed author of the early Welsh poem, The Gododdin, which relates the story of a disastrous battle against the Anglians at Catterick, c.AD 600. | |
AnnealerA person involved in the process of toughening tinplate by heat. | |
AnticlericalismOpposition to the power and influence of the clergy or the Church in secular affairs. | |
Anti-Corn Law LeagueAn alliance of people opposed to the Corn Laws (Cobden was one of the most important). These Corn Laws kept up the price of corn against foreign competition. In 1815 foreign imports of corn were forbidden unless the home price was above 80s. a quarter. Repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 split the Tory Party and resulted in Peel, Sir Robert’s resignation. | |
AntiquarySomeone who, normally as an amateur, has an interest in the past, and particularly in the collection and preservation of old manuscripts and books. | |
ap Gwilym, DafyddSee Dafydd ap Gwilym. | |
Arable FarmingFarming of the land (as opposed to pastoral farming, i.e. the farming of animals). | |
ArianismDoctrine denying the true divinity of Christ, who is seen as one of God’s creatures endowed with divinity by the Father, and not as a co-equal member of the Trinity. | |