Orangeism


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Orangeism

(ˈɒrɪndʒˌɪzəm)
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the practices or principles of Orangemen, esp Protestant supremacy in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, or Canada
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Orangeism

the principles of the Orangemen, members of a secret 17th-century Irish society that defended the reigning British monarch and supported the Anglican church.
See also: Protestantism
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Orangeism has historical links with the capital as the first ever Grand Lodge of Ireland met in Dawson Street in 1795.
He divides his research of those ordinary Protestants into three topics--"Orangeism," "Covenanters," and "Exodus?"--each a term of a particular narrative.
Allison O'Mahen Malcom makes a very interesting argument that Orangeism hijacked Loyalist values in Upper Canada during the 19th century.
(11) They were challenging times with Orangeism rife and significant sectarianism against Catholics.
These secret societies stood in opposition to Orangeism and admitted responsibility for acts of sabotage and violent riots with the Orange Order in the North, or organized resistance to paying tithes to the Protestant Church of Ireland.
Other than that devoted to 'the political and paramilitary representation' of the 'Protestant working class', all have some historical dimension, though this is restricted to one essay each in the sections devoted to 'identity and culture' (Thomas Hennessy, 'The Evolution of Ulster Protestant Identity in the Twentieth Century: Nations and Patriotism', chapter 18) and 'the Orange tradition' (Peter Day, 'Orangeism in Liverpool since 1945', chapter 19).
Loyal to the core?; orangeism and Britishness in Northern Ireland.
(73) Certainly there were many opportunities for Scots to interact and socialise--business ventures, religious activities, freemasonry, Orangeism, newspapers, public houses, schools, the Mechanics Institution, even amateur theatricals--but most of these had limited memberships and some of them were sources of division, including the rival Presbyterian churches.
(25) As with the paper's proprietor and editor, Shields too would become initiated into the mysteries of Orangeism, becoming a member of Sproule LOL No.
Unionism and Orangeism in Northern Ireland Since 1945: The Decline of the Loyal Family.