Linacre

[ lin-uh-ker ]

noun

1. Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.

Linacre

/ ˈlɪnəkə /

noun

1. LinacreThomas?14601524MEnglishPHILOSOPHY: humanistMEDICINE: physician Thomas. ?1460–1524, English humanist and physician: founded the Royal College of Physicians (1518)

Example Sentences

The distinguished foreign scholar, however, considered Linacre as an enthusiast in recondite studies, but no mere pedant.

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Linacre plainly foretold that its removal would surely prove fatal, and the event verified his unfavorable prognosis.

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Dr. Payne closes his appreciation with these words: "Linacre had, it would seem, no enemies."

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Transitum namque materiae per angustum corpus id accidens consequitur (Linacre).

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One of their number, Linacre, who was also a prebendary of Westminster, busied himself with editions of certain writings of Galen.

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