"faction" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The Lutherans among us think so, and so does the noble faction in need of English money.
- The noble faction demanded the calling of an assembly of the États-généraux (last convoked in 1615).
- Continued infighting among noble factions led eventually to the Kot Massacre in 1846.
- Its themes are not Verdi's: noble factions in conflict, treachery on a regal scale or the extravagance of great love denied.
- At various times, popes chose their successors, the people and priests of Rome voted, or emperors, kings and noble factions imposed their will.
- In the face of the new emperor's brutality, some noble factions sought to replace him with other claimants to the throne, backed by Andronikos II.
- Rome was in a state of warfare between noble factions, each of whom had a candidate they regarded as pope.
- The Kamakura shogunate was founded late in the 12th century after a long and bloody rivalry between two noble factions over control of the imperial court.
- In 1422, Philippa presided over the Swedish council in order to solve a dispute between Swedish noble factions.
- Many noble factions had risen against the sultan's power and would proceed to break away from the Ottoman Empire.
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