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- 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)
How To Use William Tyndale In A Sentence
- The first English translation to get into print was by William Tyndale, an admirer of Luther.
- He begins with William Tyndale, whose English-language translation of the bible published in 1530 contained the first use of the term "scapegoat" and who then became a scapegoat himself when he was described by Thomas More as a "hell-hound" and blamed for the Peasants' War in Germany. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
- Mr. Campbell traces the word "scapegoat" to William Tyndale's 1530 English-language translation of the Bible. The Blame Game
- The hostile commentator William Tyndale, writing in 1530, made the distinction between England and other countries where concubinage (irregular clerical partnerships with women) was official, including neighbouring Wales.
