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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Defender of the Faith A title given by Pope Leo X. to Henry VIII. of England, in 1521, for a Latin treatise On the Seven Sacraments. Many previous kings, and even subjects, had been termed "defenders of the Catholic faith," "defenders of the Church," and so on, but no one had borne it as a title. The sovereign of Spain is entitled Catholic, and of France Most Christian. "God bless the king! I mean the `faith's defender! ' God bless - no harm in blessing the Pretender. But who Pretender is, or who is king- God bless us all! that's quite another thing." John Byron: Shorthand Writer. Richard II., in a writ to the sheriffs, uses these words: "Ecclesia cujus nos defensor sumus," and Henry VII., in the Black Book, is called "Defender of the Faith;" but the pope gave the title to Henry VIII., and from that time to this it has been perpetuated. (See Graceless Florin.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: DEFENDER OF THE FAITH |
| English words defined with "DEFENDER OF THE FAITH": Giovanni de Medici ♦ Leo X. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DEFENDER OF THE FAITH": Godless Florin. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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defender of the faith | 21 |
philip roth and defender of the faith | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "DEFENDER OF THE FAITH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Indonesian | mujahid. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | efenderday ofay ethay aithfay | ||||
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