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Edwardine

adj · name · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to the ordinal written by Thomas Cranmer in 1552 and the clergy who were ordained using this ordinal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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name

Meaning 2

A female given name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

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History

Etymology

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.