renown
/ɹɪˈnaʊn/
renown
English
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Definition
Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.
Etymology
From Old French renoun (compare with Modern French renom), equivalent to re- + noun.
Example Sentences
- "She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, […]"
- "And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: […]"
- "[…] Nor envy we / Thy great Renown, nor grudge thy Victory; / 'Tis thine, O King, th' Afflicted to redreſs, / And Fame has fill'd the World with thy Succeſs; […]"
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