liberty of conscience
English
Noun
liberty of conscience (uncountable)
- The freedom to follow one's religious or ethical beliefs.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 19, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- the Emperor Julian useth the same receipt of libertie of conscience, to enkindle the trouble of civill dissention, which our Kings employ to extinguish.
- 2010, Alistair Cooke, The Guardian, 12 June 1957:
- The 1620 ship brought a small company of brave men and women to plant here liberty of conscience denied them in their homeland.
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