Coverdale

[ kuhv-er-deyl ]

/ ˈkʌv ərˌdeɪl /

noun

Miles,1488–1569, English divine: translator of the Bible into English 1535.

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Examples from the Web for coverdale

Coverdale, Ridley, Scory, and Ponet had been already disposed of.
The Reign of Mary Tudor|W. Llewelyn Williams.
Wedderburn and Wishart seem also to have been acquainted with Coverdale's Bible of 1535.
The Scottish Reformation|Alexander F. Mitchell
The inspiration of that word, the only foundation of its sovereign authority, had struck Coverdale.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume V|J. H. Merle d'Aubigné
To Coverdale and Tindale we owe a great number of new compounds, like loving-kindness, long-suffering, broken-hearted.
Why we should read|S. P. B. Mais

He made some emendations, but the text is chiefly that of Tyndale and Coverdale.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Vol. XV., No. 85. January, 1875.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for coverdale

Coverdale

/ (ˈkʌvəˌdeɪl) /

noun

Miles. 1488–1568, the first translator of the complete Bible into English (1535)

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