Clarendon (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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  1. British statesman and historian.
  2. the ecumenical council (1164) occasioned by the opposition of Thomas à Becket to Henry II.
  3. a condensed form of printing type, like roman in outline but with thicker serifs.
noun
  1. a style of boldface roman type
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  1. a village near Salisbury in S England: site of a council held by Henry II in 1164 that produced a code of laws (the Constitutions of Clarendon) defining relations between church and state
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  1. 1st Earl of, title of Edward Hyde. 1609–74, English statesman and historian; chief adviser to Charles II (1660–67); author of History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England (1704–07)
Clarendon (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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