C20: named after the Clarendon Press at Oxford University
Clarendon in British English1
(ˈklærəndən)
noun
a village near Salisbury in S England: site of a council held by Henry II in 1164 that produced a code of laws (the Constitutions of Clarendon) defining relations between church and state
Clarendon in British English2
(ˈklærəndən)
noun
1st Earl of, title of Edward Hyde. 1609–74, English statesman and historian; chief adviser to Charles II (1660–67); author of History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England (1704–07)
Clarendon in American English
(ˈklærəndən)
1st Earl of(Edward Hyde) 1609-74; Eng. statesman & historian