Clarendon

[ klar-uh n-duh n ]

/ ˈklær ən dən /

noun

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

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

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

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Examples from the Web for clarendon

Murdoch fits Clarendon's description of Cromwell, updated by David Chandler to describe Napoleon, as "a great, bad man."
The Rupert I Know|Conrad Black|December 17, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Claus and Cosima had lost access to their Rhode Island estate, Clarendon Court.
I Helped Save Claus von Bulow|Andrea Reynolds|December 9, 2008|DAILY BEAST
And I had one more asset that Cosima loved: golden retrievers, seven of them; her dogs had had to stay behind at Clarendon Court.
I Helped Save Claus von Bulow|Andrea Reynolds|December 9, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Is it credible that a Clarendon Press editor should be ignorant that ivydoctarum heder prmia frontiumis the emblem of the poet?
Ephemera Critica|John Churton Collins

It evidently happened during the civil wars, but Clarendon has no mention of it.
Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 97, September 6, 1851|Various
Clarendon showed his prudence, no less than his integrity, in entirely rejecting it.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F.|David Hume
I was going to take the child, when Clarendon snatched it, and threw it into the flames.
Helen|Maria Edgeworth
The first edition of the book was published by the Clarendon Press, Oxford.
Lord Kelvin|Andrew Gray

British Dictionary definitions for clarendon

clarendon

/ (ˈklærəndən) /

noun

printing a style of boldface roman type

Word Origin for clarendon

C20: named after the Clarendon Press at Oxford University

Clarendon

/ (ˈklærəndən) /

noun

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

Clarendon

/ (ˈklærəndən) /

noun

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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Word Origin and History for clarendon

clarendon

a thickened Roman type face, 1845, evidently named for the Clarendon press at Oxford University, which was set up 1713 in the Clarendon Building, named for university Chancellor Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon.