All 7 Uses

faction
in
The Crucible
(Edited)

There is a faction that is sworn to drive me from my pulpit.
p. 10.9 *

faction = sub-group
Bayley had all the qualifications, and a two-thirds vote into the bargain, but a faction stopped his acceptance, for reasons that are not clear.
p. 14.5
He need not have been a partisan of any faction in the town, but there is evidence to suggest that he had a sharp and biting way with hypocrites.
p. 20.6
The Nurse clan had been in the faction that prevented Bayley's taking office.
p. 26.5
That the guiding hand behind the outcry was Putnam's is indicated by the fact that, as soon as it began, this Topsfield-Nurse faction absented themselves from church in protest and disbelief.
p. 26.7
I am not blind; there is a faction and a party.
p. 30.9
There be a faction here, feeding on that news, and I tell you true, sir, I fear there will be riot here.
p. 127.4

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