Tory vs holding to

Tory

name
  • A male given name 

  • A female given name 

  • An island off the northwest coast of County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. 

noun
  • A member of the political factions that sought to prevent the exclusion of James, Duke of York from the throne of England in the 17th century. 

  • One who is like a British Tory; someone politically conservative. 

  • An Irish rebel fighting against English rule at the end of the Confederate War and Cromwellian invasion; later extended to other rebels or bandits. 

  • A loyal British subject. 

  • A Union sympathizer. 

  • A member or supporter of the Conservative Party, which evolved from Royalist politicians; historically associated with upholding the rights of the monarchy and the privileges of the established Church. 

  • A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party. 

adj
  • Of or belonging to the Tory Party or the Conservative Party. 

  • Of or belonging to the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party. 

holding to

How often have the words Tory and holding to occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )