John Wyclif
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- proper noun
- John Wyclif is often regarded as a forerunner of the Protestant Reformation.
Examples
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The teachings of John Wyclif challenged the authority of the medieval Church.
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Many historians consider John Wyclif one of the most important English theologians of the fourteenth century.
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The writings of John Wyclif inspired many reformers.
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Did John Wyclif translate the Bible into English?
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John Wyclif is often regarded as a forerunner of the Protestant Reformation.
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Many historians consider John Wyclif one of the most important English theologians of the fourteenth century.
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The teachings of John Wyclif challenged the authority of the medieval Church.
Synonyms
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An English religious teacher who criticised the Catholic Church in the 1300s
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A 14th-century English priest who criticized the Catholic Church and translated the Bible into English
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An English priest who criticises the Catholic Church, inspires early Protestant ideas, and helps translate the Bible into English
An English religious teacher who challenged the Catholic Church before the Reformation
An English religious thinker in the 1300s who criticized the Catholic Church and helped later reformers
Surface Forms
Morphology
John + Wyclif
This is a personal name (proper noun); knowing the constituent words 'John' and 'Wyclif' does not allow a learner to infer the historical identity or specific biographical meaning (English theologian and reformer). Proper names are arbitrary/encyclopedic and require background knowledge rather than compositional decoding, so a B1 learner would not derive the MWE's meaning from its parts.
Etymology
John Wyclif was an English religious thinker in the 1300s who challenged the power of the Church and wanted the Bible to be read by ordinary people. Because he translated parts of the Bible into English and spoke out against church rulers, people later saw him as a forerunner of the 'Protestant Reformation'.