Toleration

==Etymology==
Originally from the [[Latin]] {{lang|la|tolerans}} ([[present participle]] of {{lang|la|tolerare}}; "to bear, endure, tolerate"), the word {{lang|frm|tolerance}} was first used in [[Middle French]] in the 14th century and in [[Early Modern English]] in the early 15th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=tolerance (n.) |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/tolerance#etymonline_v_15343 |access-date=19 November 2018 |website=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]]}}</ref> The word ''toleration'' was first used in English in the 1510s to mean "permission granted by authority, licence" from the French {{lang|fr|tolération}} (originally from the Latin [[past participle]] stem of {{lang|la|tolerare}}, {{lang|la|tolerationem}}), moving towards the meaning of "forbearance, sufferance" in the 1580s.<ref name="toleration (n.)">{{Cite web |title=toleration (n.) |work=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]] |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/toleration#etymonline_v_15344 |access-date=19 November 2018}}</ref> The notion of religious toleration stems from [[Sebastian Castellio]]<ref name="Zagorin" /> and the [[Toleration Act 1688]].<ref name="toleration (n.)" />