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| has gloss | eng: The Second Act of Dissolution (31 Hen. VIII c. 13), also known as the Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries, was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1539 in the reign of Henry VIII which provided for the dissolution of 552 Catholic monasteries and houses remaining after the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries Act of 1536. It was repealed as obsolete by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c.43), section 1(1) and Part 8 of Schedule 1. |
| lexicalization | eng: Second Act of Dissolution |
| instance of | c/16th-century laws in Christianity |
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