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Clarendon

American  
[klar-uhn-duhn] / ˈklær ən dən /

noun

  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.

  3. (lowercase) a condensed form of printing type, like roman in outline but with thicker serifs.

Clarendon 1 British  
/ ˈklærəndən /

noun

  1. 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

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Clarendon 2 British  
/ ˈklærəndən /

noun

  1. 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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clarendon 3 British  
/ ˈklærəndən /

noun

  1. printing a style of boldface roman type

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Etymology

Origin of clarendon

C20: named after the Clarendon Press at Oxford University

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