Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A condensed form of printingtype, like Roman in outline, but with thickened lines.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A
surname . - proper noun An
earldom in the Britishpeerage - proper noun Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
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The portions of the 'Manuscript Life' which Clarendon had not incorporated in the _History_ as being too personal, were published by the University in 1759, under the title _The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon_, and were likewise printed from a transcript. [
Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various
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'The Clarendon Gallery' in Lady Theresa Lewis's _Lives of the friends of Clarendon_, 1852, vol. i, pp. 15* ff., and vol. iii, pp. 241 ff.]
Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various
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Nov. 25, and for early registration at Pacers Running Store in Clarendon, Nov. 23 and 24. arlingtonturkeytrot@gmail.com.
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Nov. 25, and for early registration at Pacers Running Store in Clarendon, Nov. 23 and 24. arlingtonturkeytrot@gmail.com.
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I really, staunchly, have to disagree that Clarendon is the new Helvetica, either typographically or geographically.
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The name Clarendon means little more to me than a section of Arlington, Va., not far from a large building owned by CACI, a private mercenary (pirate for hire) torture company.
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LOCAL PRIDE: The 58-pound world-record channel catfish was caught in Clarendon's own Santee-Cooper Reservoir.
Clarendon County, SC's Annual Striped Bass Festival is Worth Checking Out 2006
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Marie, there’s one in Clarendon Hills too if that works better for you.
Think Progress » Pentagon Covering Up Tens of Thousands of U.S. Casualties In Official Reports 2005
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Membership in the Clarendon was the _sine qua non_ of high social standing, and was conditional upon two of three things, -- birth, wealth, and breeding.
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He would know from General Clarendon, that is, if the general thought proper to tell him, where she was, and that she would remain all this day in town.
Tales and Novels — Volume 10 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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