Ribbonism, whose adherents were usually called Ribbonmen, was a 19th-century popular movement of Catholics in Ireland. It was active against landlords and their agents, and was ideologically and sometimes violently opposed to the Orange Order. ==History== The Ribbon Society was principally an agrarian secret society, whose members consisted of rur...
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• (n.) The principles and practices of the Ribbonmen. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.
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Irish secret-society movement that began at the end of the 18th century in opposition to the Orange Society, or Protestant Orangemen. It was ...
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Rib'bon·ism noun The principles and practices of the Ribbonmen. See
Ribbon Society , under
Ribbon .
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