All 7 Uses of
faction
in
The Crucible
- 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
Definition:
a sub-group with some interests not shared by the entire group