Catholic Emancipation
- the granting of full political and civil liberties to Roman Catholics in Britain and Ireland. This was effected by the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829, which repealed restrictive laws, including that which barred Catholics from holding public office.天主教徒解放（指给予英国和爱尔兰的罗马天主教徒以充分的政治和公民自由, 此举因1829年通过的天主教解放法案而得以实施, 该法律废除了包括禁止天主教徒担任公职在内的限制性法律）。