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Where the Magna Carta was signed
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runnymede
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Runnymede is a water-meadow alongside the River Thames in the English county of Surrey , and just over west of central London . It is notable for its association with the sealing of Magna Carta , and as a consequence is, with its adjoining hillside, the ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
place in Surrey where the Magna Charta was signed, Middle English Ronimede , literally "meadow on the council island," from Old English runieg "council island," from run in sense of "council" (see rune ).
Usage examples of runnymede.
The famous Magna Charta drawn up by Cardinal Langton, and wrung from John Lackland by the English barons at Runnymede, was no constitution of England till long after the date of its concession, and even then was no constitution of the state, but a set of restrictions on power.
Professor Peddick would be eager to go on to Runnymede to see the meadow where the Magna Carta was signed, to say nothing of its excellent perch deeps.
Go back to Runnymede every so often to get another Magna Carta and cut off King Charles's head at regular intervals to ensure our constitutional rights?
Pickering, was the Magna Carta, granted by his Majesty King John of England, Ireland, Scotland, et cetera, et cetera, to his nobles at Runnymede in June in the Year of Our Lord one thousand two hundred and fifteen.
He could not remember the clauses of Magna Charta, but he knew eternally that it was signed at a place amusingly called Runnymede.
His mother had been a Miss Trotter, of Chicago, and it was on her dowry that the Runnymedes contrived to make both ends meet.