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Malmesbury

[ mahmz-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

/ ˈmɑmzˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

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noun

William of. William of Malmesbury.

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Words nearby Malmesbury

mallow rose, mall rat, mall walking, malm, Malmédy, Malmesbury, Malmö, malmsey, malnourished, malnutrition, malocclusion

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How to use Malmesbury in a sentence

The Monk of Malmesbury, however, acknowledges that there was 'sufficiently keen fighting, in which Gloucester was unhorsed.'
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
To the north of this is Malmesbury, with an abbey church whose history goes back to the Ninth Century.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
Malmesbury relates a similar story of King Æthelstan and his cupbearer.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson|Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
These dates will agree very well with the age of the Swulf mentioned by William of Malmesbury.
Early Travels in Palestine|Arculf et al.

From his time to ours, I know none so like him as our poet and philosopher of Malmesbury.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845|Various