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1. (n.) Edward the Confessor
Saint, 1002?–66, English king 1042–66: founder of Westminster Abbey.
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1. (noun) Edward the Confessor, Saint Edward the Confessor, St. Edward the Confessor
son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066)
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1. edward the confessor
king of England, married Edith, daughter of the great Earl Godwin (q. v.); was a feeble monarch of ascetic proclivities; his appeal to the Duke of Normandy precipitated the Norman invasion, and in him perished the royal Saxon line; was canonised for his piety (1004-1066).
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