Wolsey

American  

[wool-zee] / ˈwʊl zi /

noun

1. Thomas, 1475?–1530, English cardinal and statesman.

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Wolsey British  

/ ˈwʊlzɪ /

noun

1. Thomas. ?1475–1530, English cardinal and statesman; archbishop of York (1514–30); lord chancellor (1515–29). He dominated Henry VIII's foreign and domestic policies but his failure to obtain papal consent for the annulment of the king's marriage to Catherine of Aragon led to his arrest for high treason (1530); he died on the journey to face trial

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Example Sentences

The Thomas Wolsey in Ipswich town centre has been re-branded as The Old Phone - named after one of Sheeran's latest songs.

From BBC • May 4, 2025

The rhyme may have been inspired when in 1530 statesman Cardinal Wolsey died after bumping his head boarding a royal barge on the waterway at the foot of the Cawood property's garden.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

A monumental bronze candelabrum, weighing more than half a ton and meant for the tomb of the lavish cardinal Thomas Wolsey, was cast in London by an immigrant artist from Florence, Benedetto da Rovezzano.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2022

As malign forces gather around Cromwell, Mantel populates his world with ghosts of the departed: his old master Cardinal Wolsey, his nemesis Thomas More.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2022

The history writer says this is what Catherine, who is a wife of Henry the Eighth, says to Cardinal Wolsey, who is trying to have her head cut off.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt