faction (fakshon)

[= G. faction = Dan. Sw. faktion, You are all of his faction ; the whole court Is bold in praise of him. Beau , and Fl ., Phil aster, i. 2. How oft a Patriot's best laid Schemes we find By Party cro 'd or Faction under min'd! Congreve, Epistle to Lord Halifax. Thus that city [Florence] became divided, as all the rest of Italy was before, into the two factions of Guelphs and J. Adams , Works, V. 13. Ghi bel lines. This made the government absolute, and led to consequences which, as by a fixed law, must ever result in popular governments of this form: namely, to organized parties, or rather factions , contending violently to obtain or retain the control of the government. Calhoun, On Government, I. 100. 2. Combined disorderly opposition to established authority; turbulence; tumult; di ension. He could not endure any ordinances or worship, etc., and when they arrived at one of the Eleutheri a Islands, Unnatural deeds naire = Sp. Pg. • faccionario = It. fazionario, Prithee, fellow, remember my name is Menenius, always factionary on the party of your general. Shak . , Cor., v. 2. Do breed unnatural troubles. Shak ., Macbeth, v.1. tious or artificial manner.