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Definition of Thomas More
1. Noun. English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state.
Generic synonyms: National Leader, Solon, Statesman, Author, Writer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thomas More
Literary usage of Thomas More
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"England was still mediaeval and scholastic when Thomas More was a page in the
... The highly susceptible nature of Thomas More felt nevertheless the ..."
2. Original Letters, Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1825)
"Sir Thomas More to Cardinal Wolsey, expressing the King's wish to favor the town
of Wex- ford in Ireland 195 LXIX. Sir Thomas More to Cardinal Wolsey. ..."
3. The Oxford Reformers by Frederic Seebohm (1896)
"ERASMUS FALLS IN LOVE WITH Thomas More (1498). CHAP- m- Amongst the broken gleams
of light which fall, here A'D-1 8' and there only, upon the Oxford ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"Miss Anne Manning's Household of Sir Thomas More ( 1851 ) is a fanciful but
attrattive ... In Southey's Sir Thomas More, or Colloquies on the Progress and ..."
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