FIVE MILE ACT

five mile act

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Five Mile Act. Hist. A 1665 English act prohibiting Puritan ministers from teaching or coming within five miles of any town where they had held office if they refused to pledge that they would not seek to overturn the Church of England. • The Act was repealed in 1689.

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Five Mile Act

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Five Mile Act 〈英〉《五英里法》 1665年通过，为《克拉伦登法典》〔Clarendon Code〕的最后一部分，用以镇压非国教徒〔non-conformists〕。依据该法，除非非国教徒宣誓不图谋推翻英国国教教会和宪法，否则禁止其在学校任教，并禁止其在自治市镇〔corporate town〕或其原来传教、举行宗教仪式的地方周围五英里之内活动。该法于1689年废止。该名称还用以指1592年的一部法律，该法禁止不出席英国国教仪式的天主教徒〔popish recusants〕迁出其通常居所五英里以外的地方。

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