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Sir Thomas More

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Noun

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English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sir Thomas More

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English politician, humanist scholar, and writer who refused to swear the Oath of Supremacy, which recognized Henry VIII's authority over that of the pope, and was beheaded for treason. His political essay Utopia (1516) speculates about life under an ideal government. More was canonized in 1935.

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