Wycliffite
Americanadjective
noun
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Wycliffite
From the Medieval Latin word Wyclefīta, dating back to 1570–80. See Wycliffe, -ite 1
Example Sentences
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Chapter xv. of the Prologue to the second recension of the Wycliffite version, 193 John Trevisa.
From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various
But of course they wished it to be understood that it was for her Wycliffite heresies.
From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Emily Sarah Holt
About this time he became an ardent Wycliffite, winning over many persons, some of high rank, to the side of the reformer, and incurring the censure of Archbishop Arundel.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
In its extant form the "Parson's Tale" contains, by the side of much that might suitably have come from a Wycliffite teacher, much of a directly opposite nature.
From Chaucer by Sir Adolphus William Ward
In sum, the "Parson's Tale" cannot, any more than the character of the "Parson" in the "Prologue," be interpreted as proving Chaucer to have been a Wycliffite.
From Chaucer by Sir Adolphus William Ward
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