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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

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The boy stated that he ended up alone with the 17-year-old co-accused on Clarendon Street.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

A joint minute of agreed evidence was earlier read to jurors which stated Amen received emergency medical treatment on the pavement outside 22 Clarendon Street.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

As teller of the Exchequer, Downing later contributed to financial reforms in Britain’s Treasury, promoting Dutch-style credit practices, against the opposition of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

Built in 2020, the Clarendon Apartments in Woodland Hills feature poolside cabanas, a fire pit terrace and 24-hour community room with a kitchen and a billiard table.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025

Clarendon blames him severely for leaving York, but Clarendon was no soldier, and he did not understand that the attempt to hold the city, with no hope of relief, would have been sheer madness.

From Rupert Prince Palatine by Eva Scott

The words printed in clarendon in these three pieces are written in red, not inserted afterwards by a rubricator but done at the same time as the rest of the text.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall