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Clar·en·don

 (klăr′ən-dən), First Earl of
See Edward Hyde.
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clarendon

(ˈklærəndən)
n
(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing a style of boldface roman type
[C20: named after the Clarendon Press at Oxford University]

Clarendon

(ˈklærəndən)
n
(Placename) 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

Clarendon

(ˈklærəndən)
n
(Biography) 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)
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Clar•en•don

(ˈklær ən dən)

n.
1. Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of, 1609–74, British statesman and historian.
2. Council of, the ecumenical council (1164) occasioned by the opposition of Thomas à Becket to Henry II.
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Those who knew him will recognize in my third act the allusion to the patent Shorthand in which he used to write postcards, and which may be acquired from a four and six-penny manual published by the Clarendon Press.
They would put up in one of the lodging-houses in John Street; Philip had never been to Oxford, but Griffiths had talked to him about it so much that he knew exactly where they would go; and they would dine at the Clarendon: Griffiths had been in the habit of dining there when he went on the spree.
Austin Dobson's Selections from Steele (Clarendon Press) prefaced by his careful "Life." The well-known qualities of [10] Mr.
history of which by the learned Lord Clarendon I most
Lord Mayor Cllr Linda Bigham was invited to Clarendon House in Birmingham Road, Allesley, by the Registered Manager and new owners of Clarendon House Care Home.
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Residents want to be heard on plans to demolish Clarendon Park Community Center
The charges are in connection with an alleged robbery on Thistle Street, near to Clarendon Road, on Friday evening.
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A-LEVEL students at Clarendon Sixth Form College celebrated a record-breaking A-level results day.

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