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===English Civil War purge, 1648–1650===
{{Main|Pride's Purge}}
The earliest use of the term dates back to the [[English Civil War]]'s [[Pride's Purge]]. In 1648–1650, the moderate members of the English [[Long Parliament]] were purged by the [[New Model Army]]. The [[Parliament of England]] would suffer subsequent purges under [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s [[Commonwealth of England]], including the purge of the entire [[House of Lords]]. Counter-revolutionaries such as royalists and more radical revolutionaries such as the [[Levellers]] were purged. After the [[Stuart Restoration]], obstinate [[Republicanism in England|republicans]] were purged while some{{which|date=December 2013}} fled to the [[New England Colonies]] in [[British America]].