Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whitherne

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whith-erne
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Obsolete spelling of Whithorn.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Vpon the South adioineth Galloway, where is the towne of Caſa Candida,now called Whitherne, and the auncient temple of S.Ninian, adourned alſo with an epiſcopall ſea."
"[…] and was the firſt Biſhop of Candida Caſa, (now Whitherne in Galloway,) […]"
"Heylin ſays, he takes the moſt of that which now makes the Dioceſe of Carliſle, to have been, in the Infancy of the Engliſh Church, part of the Dioceſe of Whitherne, or Caſa candida, in the Province of Galloway, now a Part of Scotland ; but then a Parcel of the Kingdom of the Northumbers."

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does whitherne mean?: Obsolete spelling of Whithorn.

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