† tantivyism Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ism.]
The practice or principles of tantivies: see tantivy n. 2.
| c 1680 Hickeringill Hist. Whiggism ii. Wks. 1716 I. 100 He was afterwards made Bishop of Chichester, and then Bishop of Norwich, just as Mr. Mountague leapt, and perhaps upon the same rise and advantage of the ground, Tantiviisme. 1681 T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 7 (1713) I. 40 A Church of England Man maintaining the necessity of the words As by Law now Establish'd, which you know is Tantivyism and Toryism in the highest degree. Ibid. No. 20 I. 135 To profess sincere Loyalty to his Majesty's Person and Government, to give him humble Thanks for his Gracious Promises in his Declaration..is now become perfect Toryism, Tantivyism, and tantum non Abhorrism. |