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ALL meanings of clarendon

Clar·en·don
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  • noun clarendon a style of boldface roman type 3
  • noun clarendon a village near Salisbury in S England: site of a council held by Henry II in 1164 that produced a code of laws (the Constitutions of Clarendon) defining relations between church and state 3
  • noun clarendon 1st Earl of, title of Edward Hyde. 1609–74, English statesman and historian; chief adviser to Charles II (1660–67); author of History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England (1704–07) 3
  • noun clarendon 1st Earl of(Edward Hyde) 1609-74; Eng. statesman & historian 3
  • noun clarendon Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of, 1609–74, British statesman and historian. 1
  • noun clarendon Council of, the ecumenical council (1164) occasioned by the opposition of Thomas à Becket to Henry II. 1
  • noun clarendon (lowercase) Printing. a condensed form of printing type, like roman in outline but with thicker serifs. 1
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