CHURCH MEMBERS' SUFFRAGE
\t͡ʃˈɜːt͡ʃ mˈɛmbəz sˈʌfɹɪd͡ʒ], \tʃˈɜːtʃ mˈɛmbəz sˈʌfɹɪdʒ], \tʃ_ˈɜː_tʃ m_ˈɛ_m_b_ə_z s_ˈʌ_f_ɹ_ɪ_dʒ]\
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In 1631 a law was enacted by the Massachusetts Assembly, providing that no man should be a freeman of the colony unless he became a member of some church. This requirement was abolished under the charter of 1691. A similar rule prevailed in the New-Haven colony, 1639-1662.
By John Franklin Jameson
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.
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