Edward the Confessor

American  

noun

1. Saint, 1002?–66, English king 1042–66: founder of Westminster Abbey.

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Edward the Confessor British  

noun

1. Saint. ?1002–66, king of England (1042–66); son of Ethelred II; founder of Westminster Abbey. Feast day: Oct 13

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Example Sentences

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 • Oct. 18, 2023

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 • May 5, 2023

The St Edward's Crown replaced a medieval version, thought to have dated back to the 11th Century reign of Edward the Confessor which was melted down in 1649.

From Reuters • Dec. 3, 2022

The original was thought to date back to Edward the Confessor, who reigned in 1042-1066.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2022

The Crown of Edward the Confessor, with which the Kings of England are crown’d: ’Tis of solid Gold, set with Diamonds and other precious Stones.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von