Nag's Head Consecration
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
On the passing of the second Act of Uniformity in Queen Elizabeth's reign (1559), fourteen bishops vacated their sees, and all the other sees, except Llandaff, were at the time vacant.
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 “Nag's Head Consecration” mean?
On the passing of the second Act of Uniformity in Queen Elizabeth's reign (1559), fourteen bishops vacated their sees, and all the other sees, except Llandaff, were at the time vacant.
Is “Nag's Head Consecration” formal or informal?
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