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The Tory ethos has been summed up with the phrase 'God, King and Country.'
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Tories generally advocate monarchism, are usually of a High Church Anglican religious heritage,[2][3] and are opposed to the radical liberalism of the Whig faction
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Towards the end of Charles II's reign (1660–85) there was some debate about whether or not his brother, James, Duke of York, should be allowed to succeed to the throne. 'Whigs' was the abusive term directed at those who wanted to exclude James on the grounds that he was a Roman Catholic. Those who were not prepared to exclude James were labelled 'Abhorrers' and later 'Tories'.
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The term was thus originally a term of abuse, "an Irish rebel", before being adopted as a political label in the same way as Whig.
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Due to these Tories leading the formation of the Conservative Party, members of the party are colloquially referred to as Tories, even if they are not traditionalists
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The suffix -ism was quickly added to both 'Whig' and 'Tory' to make Whiggism and Toryism, meaning the principles and methods of each faction.
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Historically, the term Tory has been applied in various ways to loyalists of the British monarchy
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characterized by strong monarchist tendencies, support for the Church of England, and hostility to reform
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Since 1832, the term "Tory" is commonly used to refer to the Conservative Party and its members.
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