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Test Act (25 Car. 2, c. 2), by which it was provided that all persons having any offices, civil or military (with the exception of some few of an inferior kind), or receiving pay from the Crown, or holding a place of trust under it, should take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, subscribe a declaration against transubstantiation, and receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the usage of the Church of England. The Test Act, after having been extended by 1 Geo. 1, st. 2, c. 13, 2 Geo. 2, c. 31, and 9 Geo. 2, c. 26, was repealed by 9Geo. 4, c. 17