English Explanatory Dictionary

Edwardine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to the ordinal written by Thomas Cranmer in 1552 and the clergy who were ordained using this ordinal.
name
  1. A female given name.

Word forms

Edwardine

Etymology

From Edward + -ine. The adjective is after King Edward VI, during whose reign the ordinal was written and first promulgated.

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