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Definition of John wyclif
1. Noun. English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384).
Generic synonyms: Theologian, Theologiser, Theologist, Theologizer
Lexicographical Neighbors of John Wyclif
Literary usage of John wyclif
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1890)
"But we are most concerned with the fact that there was living in the Reformer's
time another john wyclif.t The other john wyclif is probably the Wyclif who ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"123). A» it is certain (see below) that the reformer w«s vicar of Fillingham,
the above allusion must be to the same person. (6) A 'john wyclif' appears ш ..."
3. A History of the University of Oxford from the Earliest Times to the Year 1530 by Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte (1886)
"CHAPTER X. Early Life of john wyclif—Ejectment from Canterbury ... It was at
Oxford that john wyclif gave oral instruction to the early Lollards; ..."
4. English Lands, Letters and Kings by Donald Grant Mitchell (1895)
"john wyclif. In the year when gunpowder was ... john wyclif, the great English
reformer and the first translator of the Bible, was just turned of twenty and ..."
5. English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the by William Joseph Long (1909)
"... yhe, yhe ; nay, nay; and that that is more than these, is of yvel. . . .
john wyclif Ye han herd that it was seid, Thou schalt love thi ..."
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