Meaning of Whitherne | Babel Free
Examples
“Vpon the South adioineth Galloway, where is the towne of Caſa Candida,now called Whitherne, and the auncient temple of S.Ninian, adourned alſo with an epiſcopall ſea.”
“[…] and was the firſt Biſhop of Candida Caſa, (now Whitherne in Galloway,) […]”
“Heylin ſays, he takes the moſt of that which now makes the Dioceſe of Carliſle, to have⟳ been, in the Infancy of the Engliſh Church, part of the Dioceſe of Whitherne, or Caſa candida, in the Province of Galloway, now a Part of Scotland ; but then a Parcel of the Kingdom of the Northumbers.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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