(the) Act of Supremacy

(the) Act of Supremacy
the Act of Supremacy [the Act of Supremacy]
(in Britain) an ↑Act of Parliament in 1534 that made King ↑Henry VIII the head of the ↑Church of England. This left the Pope with no power in England.

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