Sentence:  Under this plea, felons of the worst kind might claim, till this time, to be taken out of the hands of the law judges, and to be tried at the bishops' tribunals; and at these tribunals, such a monstrous <WSD>solecism</WSD> had Catholicism become, the payment of money was ever welcomed as the ready expiation of crime. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A faux pas or breach of etiquette; a transgression against the norms of expected behavior.