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Hampton Court Conference

A conference held at Hampton Court in January, 1604, to settle the disputes between the Church party and the Puritans. It lasted three days, and its result was a few slight alterations in the Book of Common Prayer.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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