Babylonish Captivity.
See Avignon.
Back Lane Parliament.
An assembly of Delegates from the whole of Ireland, which met in Dublin in 1792. They prepared an address expressing their loyalty to the throne, and asking for the franchise.
Baconists.
The Liberal Party in Virginia in 1676, who rose in rebellion under Nathaniel Bacon. The name was afterwards adopted by the Maryland Liberals in 1678.
Badger State.
The popular name of the State of Wisconsin, U.S.A., from the badger in its coat of arms.
Badinguet.
A nickname of Napoleon III. It was the name of the workman in whose clothes he escaped from the Château of Ham, in 1846.