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Edward the Confessor

noun

  1. Saint, 1002?–66, English king 1042–66: founder of Westminster Abbey.


Edward the Confessor

noun

  1. Edward the Confessor, Saint?10021066MEnglishPOLITICS: hereditary rulerRELIGION: saint Saint. ?1002–66, king of England (1042–66); son of Ethelred II; founder of Westminster Abbey. Feast day: Oct 13
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The team believed the bundle of coins could have been the savings pot of a local figure, fearing regime changes following the coronation of Edward the Confessor in 1042.

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Even Mahony didn’t have a case as preposterous as that of John Lenihan, a popular priest at St. Edward the Confessor in Dana Point.

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He set his sights on being crowned in the new Abbey Church that Edward the Confessor had built beside his Palace at Westminster.

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It replaced an original crown believed to date back to the 11th century Anglo-Saxon king of England, Edward the Confessor.

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The dove one — Edward the Confessor’s symbol — is nice enough, but that scepter with the cross will knock your eye out.

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