Brewer's: Thorn

The Conference of Thorn met October, 1645, at Thorn, in Prussia, to remove the difficulties which separate Christians into sects. It was convoked by Ladislas IV. of Poland, but no good result followed the conference.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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