Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Renown.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Renown.
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Examples
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For I know well that men come to heaven by the defaming of wicked men more than by good renomee, and I would that the company of miscreants should pursue and persecute me for the name and right of our Lord.
The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900
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And when Lysias heard their renomee he made them to be called tofore him, and demanded their names and their country.
The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900
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And the king of England which then was right mighty, and subdued many nations to his empire, heard the renomee of her, and said that he would be well happy if this virgin might be coupled to his son by marriage.
The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900
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And when the renomee of his holiness grew and increased, the king constrained him for to dwell with him long time, till that he had time convenable, and gave to him a bishopric.
The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900
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And so far he went that he came to a right great king, of whom the renomee generally was that he was the greatest of the world.
The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900
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Secondly, he was honourable by opinion, and renomee after Maximin and
The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900
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And the renomee and fame of this holy king S. Edward sprang so marvellously about to other nations, in such wise that all christian kings desired to have peace with him.
The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900
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And hereof the renomee and fame went from the east unto the west, and the people came from far for to see the great man how he was changed.
The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900
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This daughter shone full of marvellous honesty, wisdom, and beauty, and her fame and renomee was borne all about.
The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900
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And it is said of leos, that is, people, and of nardus, that is, a herb sweet smelling, for by the odour of good fame he drew the people to him, and by the odour of good renomee.
The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900
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