All 3 Uses of
faction
in
Utopia, by Thomas More
- another thinks that the Prince of Castile is to be wrought on by the hope of an alliance, and that some of his courtiers are to be gained to the French faction by pensions.†
faction = sub-group
- They are chosen by the people as the other magistrates are, by suffrages given in secret, for preventing of factions: and when they are chosen, they are consecrated by the college of priests.†
*factions = sub-groups
- for they having rooted out of the minds of their people all the seeds, both of ambition and faction, there is no danger of any commotions at home;†
faction = sub-group
Definition:
a sub-group with some interests not shared by the entire group