Edward the Confessor
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The team believed the bundle of coins could have been the savings pot of a local figure, fearing regime changes following the coronation of Edward the Confessor in 1042.
From BBC
Even Mahony didn’t have a case as preposterous as that of John Lenihan, a popular priest at St. Edward the Confessor in Dana Point.
From Los Angeles Times
He set his sights on being crowned in the new Abbey Church that Edward the Confessor had built beside his Palace at Westminster.
From BBC
It replaced an original crown believed to date back to the 11th century Anglo-Saxon king of England, Edward the Confessor.
From Reuters
The dove one — Edward the Confessor’s symbol — is nice enough, but that scepter with the cross will knock your eye out.
From Los Angeles Times
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