edwardine
/ɪdwˈɔɹdaɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to the ordinal written by Thomas Cranmer in 1552 and the clergy who were ordained using this ordinal.
name
A female given name.
Example Sentences
- "As to the number of Edwardine clergy who were left in possession during the whole of Mary's reign, or till their death, and were not reordained, six such cases are given."
- "And first of all it is necessary to remember that the main difference between the second Edwardine Ordinal and the Ordinal as we find it now in our Prayer-books lies in the wording of the imperative formula which is repeated by the ordaining bishop, or by the principal ordaining bishop, during the laying-on of hands."
- "He had been ordained Edwardine deacon and priest by Bishop King at Oxford, on March 22nd, 1550, and April 6th, 1550, respectively."
Etymology
From Edward + -ine (adjectival suffix), after King Edward VI, during whose reign the ordinal was written and first promulgated.