Foxe

American  

[foks] / fɒks /

noun

1. John, 1516–87, English martyrologist.

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Foxe British  

/ fɒks /

noun

1. John . 1516–87, English Protestant clergyman; author of History of the Acts and Monuments of the Church (1563), popularly known as the Book of Martyrs

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Example Sentences

In one of Fox’s narratives—a tale within Ms. Oyeyemi’s tale—this fixation is called out by Mary Foxe, a character Mr. Fox has supposedly imagined.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

While some critics have accused Mantel of promoting anti-Catholic propaganda and treating Cromwell a little too kindly, she, unlike Foxe, does not shy away from the blood that trails Cromwell's ascent.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025

Researchers in the Frederick J. and Marion A. Schindler Cognitive Neurophysiology Lab, where Foxe is co-principal investigator with Edward Freedman, PhD, are using these findings to leverage a Batten disease mouse model.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2024

He said the stories John Foxe detailed in his 16th-century treatise are no longer taught in American Christian homes as once was the case.

From Washington Times • May 10, 2023

“An illustration from Foxe; one of the less attractive deaths, I have always thought, although who can fathom the ways of martyrs?”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson