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Definition
illegal acts encouraging resistance to government authority — especially overthrow of the government
- Together with the famous Mrs. Hutchinson, the Rev. Mr. Wheelwright was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for disturbing "the civil peace"; in truth, he did nothing more seditious than offer some heterodox opinions regarding the location of the Holy Ghost—but Massachusetts judged him harshly.p. 10.2
There are no more uses of "sedition" in A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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