Abhorrer (Noun)
Meaning
A signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The signers of the address were strong abhorrers of the idea of parliamentary reconvening, seeing it as a threat to the king's authority.
- Many abhorrers of the petition believed that it was a thinly veiled attempt to undermine the monarch's power.
- The abhorrers who signed the address were largely members of the landed gentry and nobility, who stood to lose power and influence if parliament were to reconvene.
- In their address, the abhorrers expressed their "detestation and abhorrence" of the petitioners and their demands.
- The abhorrers who condemned the petitioners were motivated by a desire to maintain the status quo and protect the king's prerogatives.