Edwardine
Edwardine adjective: pertaining to the ordinal written by Thomas Cranmer in 1552 and the clergy who were ordained using this ordinal.
Adjective
Edwardine (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the ordinal written by Thomas Cranmer in 1552 and the clergy who were ordained using this ordinal.
- 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.1897, Arthur Lowndes, Vindication of Anglican Orders - Volume 1, page 71
- 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...1908, Frederick William Puller, The Bull Apostolicae Curae and the Edwardine Ordinal, page 23
Proper noun
Edwardine
- A female given name.
Origin of Edwardine
From Edward + -ine (adjectival suffix), after King Edward VI, during whose reign the ordinal was written and first promulgated.
From Edward + -ine (feminine suffix). Piecewise doublet of Edwardina.
Questions about Edwardine
- What does Edwardine mean?
- Edwardine means pertaining to the ordinal written by Thomas Cranmer in 1552 and the clergy who were ordained using this ordinal.
- What part of speech is Edwardine?
- Edwardine can be an adjective or a proper noun.
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