Definition of Contrariant. Meaning of Contrariant. Synonyms of Contrariant

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Definition of Contrariant

Contrariant
Contrariant Con*tra"ri*ant, a. [LL. contrarians, p. pr. of contrariare to oppose, fr. L. contrarius: cf. F. contrariant, p. pr. of contrarier to contradict. See Contrary.] Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.] The struggles of contrariant factions. --Coleridge.

Meaning of Contrariant from wikipedia

- The Contrariants were an aristocratic faction in England in the early 14th century. They favoured the policies of the Lords Ordainers (1311) and opposed...
- then leads troops up the Severn Valley from Gloucester against the Contrariant rebels. 26 December – faced with an invasion of London during the rebellion...
- Edward II of England orders an attack on the fortified positions of the Contrariant army under his cousin Thomas of Lancaster at Walton-on-Trent in the Midlands...
- an alliance at Sherburn-in-Elmet in June, naming their faction the "contrariants" and promising to remove the Despensers for good. Edward had returned...
- not allowed to speak in their own defence. Many of these so-called "Contrariants" were simply executed, and others were imprisoned or fined, with their...
- immediately changed sides, and victims of the Despensers and relatives of Contrariants flocked to their cause. By the following day Isabella was in Bury St...
- Part of Despenser War Map of the battlefield Belligerents Royalists Contrariants Commanders and leaders Andrew Harclay John Peche Earl of Lancaster  Earl...
- Victorian photograph of the medieval Burton Bridge Belligerents Royalists Contrariants Commanders and leaders King Edward II Earl of Lancaster Strength Unknown...
- Contrariants Supported by: County of Hainaut Isabella of France Roger Mortimer Earl of Leicester Earl of Norfolk Earl of Kent Civil War, Contrariants'...
- of England (1326) Isabella oversees the siege. Belligerents Royalists Contrariants Commanders and leaders Earl of Winchester  Queen Isabella Earl of March...