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Traherne

American  
[truh-hurn] / trəˈhɜrn /

noun

  1. Thomas, 1637?–74, English writer.


Traherne British  
/ trəˈhɜːn /

noun

  1. Thomas . 1637–74, English mystical prose writer and poet. His prose works include Centuries of Meditations , which was discovered in manuscript in 1896 and published in 1908

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Blanchett played the heroine Susan Traherne in a post-war drama spanning 20 years.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2019

They also observe an almost religious adherence to 19th-century texts written by Brits, like George Kelson or Major John Popkin Traherne.

From National Geographic May 19, 2018

Written for the Crossing and the saxophone quartet Prism, “The Fifth Century” offers seven settings of poems by the seventeenth-century English clergyman and mystic Thomas Traherne.

From The New Yorker Mar. 24, 2017

The character, Susan Traherne — I think she’s one of the most interesting female characters in theatrical history.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2016

Thomas Traherne is a mystical writer of singular charm and originality.

From Mysticism in English Literature by Spurgeon, Caroline F. E.

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