John Wycliffe
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- proper noun
- John Wycliffe is often regarded as a forerunner of the Protestant Reformation.
Examples
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The translation of the Bible into English was supervised by John Wycliffe and his followers.
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Many scholars have studied the works of John Wycliffe to understand early reformist ideas.
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John Wycliffe was a significant figure in the history of Christianity.
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Did John Wycliffe really translate the Bible into English?
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John Wycliffe is often regarded as a forerunner of the Protestant Reformation.
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Many scholars have studied the works of John Wycliffe to understand early reformist ideas.
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The translation of the Bible into English was supervised by John Wycliffe and his followers.
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 religious thinker who criticized the Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages
An English religious thinker in the 1300s who criticized the Catholic Church and helped later reformers
An English religious teacher who challenged the Catholic Church before the Reformation
Surface Forms
Morphology
John + Wycliffe
This is a proper name referring to a specific historical person; its meaning as an English theologian and reformer cannot be derived from the constituents. Proper names are referential and require background/world knowledge rather than compositional analysis, so a B1 learner who only knows the words would not infer the biographical meaning.
Etymology
John Wycliffe was a 14th-century English priest and teacher who argued that ordinary people should read the Bible in English instead of Latin. Because he criticized powerful church leaders and helped put the Bible into common English, he is remembered as an early starter of the 'Protestant Reformation'.