remonstrance
21remonstrance — n 1. protestation, expostulation, remonstration; objection, dissent, disagreement, non concurrence, noncompliance, nonconformance; disapproval, disapprobation, deprecation; reproach, rebuke, reproof, censure, blame; criticism, reprimand,… …
22remonstrance — re·mon·strance …
23Remonstrance — Ремонстрация …
24remonstrance — re•mon•strance [[t]rɪˈmɒn strəns[/t]] n. 1) cvb an act or instance of remonstrating 2) a protest: deaf to remonstrances[/ex] re•mon′strant, adj …
25remonstrance — /rəˈmɒnstrəns/ (say ruh monstruhns) noun 1. the act of remonstrating; expostulation. 2. a protest: deaf to remonstrances. 3. Parliamentary Procedure a written petition of grievance listing complaints and requesting redress, addressed by the… …
26remonstrance — /ramonstrans/ Expostulation; showing of reasons against something proposed; a representation made to a court or legislative body wherein certain persons unite in urging that a contemplated measure be not adopted or passed. A formal protest… …
27REMONSTRANCE, THE — the name given to a list of abuses of royal power laid to the charge of Charles I. and drawn up by the House of Commons in 1641, and which with the petition that accompanied it contributed to bring matters to a crisis …
28Grand Remonstrance — The Grand Remonstrance was a list of grievances presented to King Charles I of England by the English Parliament on 1 December, 1641, during the Long Parliament; it helped to foment the English Civil War. BackgroundIn 1625, Charles the First… …
29Flushing Remonstrance — The Flushing Remonstrance was a 1657 Colonial American petition to Peter Stuyvesant, the Governor of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, in which several citizens (none of them Quakers themselves [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/opinion/27jackso… …
30Five articles of Remonstrance — The Five Articles of Remonstrance were given by followers of Jacobus Arminius who, ironically, did not want to adopt Arminius name, instead choosing to call themselves the Remonstrants . BackgroundForty one preachers and the two leaders of the… …
