LATIMER, BISHOP HUGH


Meaning of LATIMER, BISHOP HUGH in English

Lat ‧ i ‧ mer, Bishop Hugh /ˈlætəməʳ, ˈlætɪməʳ, hjuː/ BrE AmE

(1485–1555) an English ↑ bishop (=a Christian priest of high rank) who was one of the leaders of the ↑ reformation in England (=the time when many Christians left the Catholic religion and started the Protestant religion) . When ↑ Mary I , who was a Catholic, became queen of England, she ordered him to be officially killed by being burned.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.