ANGLICISM • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Anglicism

... colonial prejudices, and because of official dislikes and selfishness. When the first Attorney-General of Canada, Mr. Mazzeres, afterwards Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer, in England, of whom Mr. Ryland was but a pious follower, proposed to convert the Canadians to Anglicism in religion, in manners, and in law, assuredly little opposition could have been made to the scheme. Then, the pursuance of Cardinal Richelieu's policy would, in after ages, have exemplified that the pen had been mightier than ...

— The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation - Volume 1 • Charles Roger