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• Clarendon
  Clarendon

  noun

  Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of, 1609–74, British statesman and historian.
• clarendon
  clarendon

  noun

  printing a style of boldface roman type

Clarendon

American  

[klar-uhn-duhn] / ˈklær ən dən /

noun

1. Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of, 1609–74, British statesman and historian.

2. Council of, the ecumenical council (1164) occasioned by the opposition of Thomas à Becket to Henry II.

3. (lowercase) a condensed form of printing type, like roman in outline but with thicker serifs.

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Clarendon ¹ British  

/ ˈklærəndən /

noun

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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Clarendon ² British  

/ ˈklærəndən /

noun

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)

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clarendon ³ British  

/ ˈklærəndən /

noun

1. printing a style of boldface roman type

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Etymology

Origin of clarendon

C20: named after the Clarendon Press at Oxford University

Example Sentences

CLARENDON, Jamaica — She came to Jamaica from the United States about four years ago, sneaking in illegally, stowed away to avoid detection.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2019

Such, too, was the fate—perhaps now told for the first time—of the great Lord CLARENDON.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac

CLARENDON, first Earl of, History of the Rebellion, its authenticity, i.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 6 Addenda, index, dicta philosophi, etc. by Boswell, James