What is another word for wykeham?

Pronunciation: [wˈa͡ɪkɛhəm] (IPA)

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What are the hypernyms for Wykeham?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Wykeham

287, 293, 294; position and policy, 302, 303; corrupt administration, 303; opposed by the Good Parliament, 305-307; action after its dismissal, 307; attacks wykeham, 308; supports Wyclif, 309; withdraws from court, 311; expedition to St. Malo, 315; turns against Wyclif, 337, 341; goes to Spain, 350; intercedes for the Lords Appellant, 354; patron of Chaucer, 359; Aquitaine granted to, 369; death, 373 John the Litster, ii.
"History of the English People, Index"
John Richard Green
Winchester Cathedral, originally a very typical Norman building designed by William of wykeham, retains its Norman framework, covered over, as it were, with a drapery of detail in the latest development of English Gothic, and with it may be named as characteristic Norman buildings with Gothic additions, Peterborough Cathedral, all Norman except the west front and eastern extremity of the choir; Malmesbury Abbey, with a flat-roofed nave and vaulted aisles, the latter with pointed arches; the Cathedral of Exeter; the Minster of Sherbourne; and portions of Westminster Abbey.
"Architecture"
Nancy R E Meugens Bell
William of wykeham, among his wider interests, seems to have had little concern with Hursley or Otterbourne.
"John Keble's Parishes"
Charlotte M Yonge

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