Foxe

[ foks ]

/ fɒks /

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noun

John, 1516–87, English martyrologist.

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How to use Foxe in a sentence

His editor, Laing, bids us observe “that all these opprobrious terms are copied from Foxe, or rather from the black letter tract.”
John Knox and the Reformation|Andrew Lang
Knox acknowledges that he has here incorporated John Foxe's account of the trial of Wishart.
The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland|John Knox
"Foxe's Book of Martyrs," in the old church at dusk, might raise ugly phantoms which no bell or candle could lay.
The Lure of Old London|Sophie Cole
Bishop Foxe “had the manner of prelates,” says Melanchthon, and his learning did not impress the Germans.
A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2)|Thomas M. Lindsay

Bishop Foxe, selected as the theological ambassador, was instructed to take him presents to the value of £70.
A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2)|Thomas M. Lindsay

British Dictionary definitions for Foxe

Foxe

/ (fɒks) /

noun

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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