Rhemish
Britishadjective
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Snotty clerk: “These have nary a blemish: Hand-stitched handkerchiefs, sewn by the Rhemish!”
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Rhemish, rē′mish, adj. pertaining to Rheims in north-eastern France.—Rhemish version, the English translation of the New Testament used by Roman Catholics, prepared at Rheims in 1582, forming part of the Douay Bible—Old Testament part prepared at Douay in 1609-10.
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On Aug. 29 the King visited the Library on his way to Woodstock, and, asking for Fulke's Annotations on the Rhemish New Test., pointed out the remarks at Rom. x.
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Rhemish Testament, 59, 61, 62, 68, 70.
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After criticizing the inkhorn terms of the Rhemish translators, he says, "The Saxon hath words for Trinity, Unity, and all such foreign words as we are now fain to use, because we have forgot better of our own."
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