Wickliffe

[ wik-lif ]

/ ˈwɪk lɪf /

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noun

John. Also Wiclif. Wycliffe, John.

a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.

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How to use Wickliffe in a sentence

When Wickliffe recovered, he set about a most important work, the translation of the bible into English.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
About the end of the year, Wickliffe was seized with a violent disorder, which it was feared might prove fatal.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
Webster, on the Judiciary Committee, killed Wickliffe's resolution with hardly a wave of his hand.
The Life of John Marshall Volume 4 of 4|Albert J. Beveridge
If they had, there would have been no Wickliffe, no Husse, no Luther in history.
Andrew Marvell|Augustine Birrell

But let us first see what the crimes of Wickliffe were, for which he had been so severely punished by the holy Roman church.
Popery! As it Was and as it Is|William Hogan

British Dictionary definitions for Wickliffe

Wickliffe

Wiclif

/ (ˈwɪklɪf) /

noun

variant spellings of (John) Wycliffe

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