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[ krom-wel -ee-uh n, kruhm- ] SHOW IPA
/ krɒmˈwɛl i ən, krʌm- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of the politics, practices, etc., of Oliver Cromwell or of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
noting or pertaining to a style of English furnishings of the middle 17th century, characterized by austerity, the use of oak and leather, and simple, decorative moldings.
Origin of Cromwellian First recorded in 1715–25; Cromwell + -ian
Words nearby Cromwellian cromolyn sodium, cromorne, Crompton, Cromwell, Cromwell Current, Cromwellian , Cromwellian chair, Cromwell, Oliver, crone, cronic, Cronin
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Example sentences from the Web for Cromwellian The next year, in the same club, the Cromwellian , he would meet another shredder, Jeff Beck.
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Byllinge and Fenwick, though turned Quakers, seem to have retained some of the contentious Cromwellian spirit of their youth.
The Quaker Colonies | Sydney G. Fisher
Stuart and Cromwellian chairs are being more and more reproduced.
The House in Good Taste | Elsie de Wolfe
But, reader, these were Cromwellian times, and such were Cromwellian customs.
The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. | E. Rameur
Nor must we forget, as Locke should have remembered, the plain lesson of the Cromwellian constitutional experiments.
Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham | Harold J. Laski
Arguing with him, she might almost have been listening to one of his Cromwellian ancestors risen from the dead.
All Roads Lead to Calvary | Jerome K. Jerome
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