Definition of Tindal

1. Noun. English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536).


Definition of Tindal

1. n. A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain.

Definition of Tindal

1. Noun. (India dated) A petty officer among lascars; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain. ¹

2. Noun. (India dated) An attendant on an army. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tindal

1. a petty officer [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tindal

tincting
tinction
tinctorial
tinctorially
tincts
tinctumutation
tinctura
tincturation
tincture
tincture of iodine
tincture of opium
tinctured
tinctures
tincturing
tind
tindal (current term)
tindals
tinded
tinder
tinder-box
tinder-boxes
tinder box
tinderbox
tinderboxes
tindered
tindering
tinders
tindery
tinding
tindora

Literary usage of Tindal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1898)
"tindal is said to have been rewarded for his services on this and other ... Le Clerc made a complimentary reference to the book, and tindal became one of ..."

2. Biographia Juridica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England from by Edward Foss (1870)
"Dr. Matthew tindal, and and was buried at the Temple Church in ... tindal wss bore to deprive hint of such credit as he de- . ..."

3. Religious Thought in England, from the Reformation to the End of Last by John Hunt (1871)
"There were many other replies to tindal of various degrees of merit. John Jackson, Rector of Rossington, in John Jackson Yorkshire, wrote ' Remarks on ..."

4. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"I think you said, that the transaction with Mr. tindal, was settled at last with him ... I be- fieve Mr. tindal wrote to the board of Admiralty, to resign, ..."

5. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"In this respect tindal, with incomparably inferior powers of sarcasm, ... tindal vigorously presses Clarke with his assertions of the clearness and ..."

6. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"tindal, with incomparably inferior powers of sarcasm, ... tindal vigorously presses Clarke with his assertions of the clearness and sufficiency of the Law ..."

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