Lanfranc

American  

[lan-frangk] / ˈlæn fræŋk /

noun

1. 1005?–89, Italian Roman Catholic prelate and scholar in England: archbishop of Canterbury 1070–89.

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Lanfranc British  

/ ˈlænfræŋk /

noun

1. ?1005–89, Italian ecclesiastic and scholar; archbishop of Canterbury (1070–89) and adviser to William the Conqueror. He instituted many reforms in the English Church

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Example Sentences

He compelled Anselm, who had succeeded Lanfranc as Prior of Bec, to accept the position.

From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Parry, Albert William

An English officer gave the following vivid description to a London daily paper: The Lanfranc was attacked by a submarine about 7:30 Tuesday evening just as we had finished dinner.

From Lest We Forget World War Stories by Bigwood, Inez

How thoroughly Lanfranc knew how to control primary hemorrhage can be appreciated from the quotation just made from Dr. Allbutt's address.

From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

William of Salicet was destined, moreover, to be surpassed in some ways by his most distinguished pupil, Lanfranc, who taught at the University of Paris at the end of the Thirteenth Century.

From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

After the death of Lanfranc in 1089, the king kept the archbishopric vacant, and granted the lands of the see to be held by his friends or by the highest bidder.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William