Cranmer

[ kran-mer ]

noun
  1. Thomas, 1489–1556, first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury: leader in the English Protestant Reformation in England.

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  • The King had his young daughter very magnificently christened by Archbishop Cranmer.

  • The king, though now in opposition to Cranmer, still revered the sincerity that marked his conduct.

  • Thus perished the illustrious Cranmer, the man whom king Henry's capricious soul esteemed for his virtues above all other men.

  • These godly women (before mentioned) were both of Ipswich, and suffered about the same time with Cranmer.

British Dictionary definitions for Cranmer

Cranmer

/ (ˈkrænmə) /


noun
  1. Thomas. 1489–1556, the first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury (1533–56) and principal author of the Book of Common Prayer. He was burnt as a heretic by Mary I

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