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Toryism

• 1 n. in colonial times, the political influence of the Tories (def. 2) and all they stood for.

  See also: Tory ((n.)) (def. 2)  

  • 1833  The Tories ne'er in Parliament Again their jobs shall vend, And with them once for aye The name of Toryism shall end.
  • 1852  The easy going "good old times of Toryism" may now be numbered with the things that were, and never again will such be seen in Huron.

• 2 n. the Tories (def. 3) and their policies and principles.

  See also: Tory ((n.)) (def. 3)  

  • 1887  I'll stick to that every day of the week, and Toryism will be knocked out in the second round.
  • 1915  The fall carried with it a cloud upon the reputation of the great chief, which, though Canadian Toryism of to-day would gladly forget, time cannot altogether remove.
  • 1959  It's still easy enough to tell a member of the CCF from a member of the Albany Club, that shrine of Toronto Toryism. . . .