Hampton Court Conference
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
A conference held at Hampton Court in January, 1604, to settle the disputes between the Church party and the
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Hampton Court Conference” mean?
A conference held at Hampton Court in January, 1604, to settle the disputes between the Church party and the
Is “Hampton Court Conference” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.