Crossword-Solution: WOLSEY
We have 8 clues for the answer “WOLSEY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Adviser to Henry VIII | 1 answer |
| Cardinal in "King Henry VIII." | 1 answer |
| Cardinal of 1515 | 1 answer |
| Cardinal under Henry VIII | 1 answer |
| Early adviser to Henry VIII | 1 answer |
| English cardinal | 1 answer |
| Henry VIII's advisor | 1 answer |
| One of Henry VIII's lord chancellors | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETRA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with WOLSEY (5)
Wolsey was the son of a respectable butcher at Ipswich, in Suffolk and received so excellent an education that he became a tutor to the family of the Marquis of Dorset, who afterwards got him appointed one of the late King’s chaplains.
That does not disconcert me in the least; for when I was a tailor I had the reputation of being a good one, and making close fits; I was always punctual with my customers, and always did good work.” Cardinal Wolsey, De Foe, Akenside, and Kirke White were the sons of butchers; Bunyan was a tinker, and Joseph Lancaster a basket-maker.
The passing away, and in opinion of that day the surpassing, of Wolsey's palace there were none then to regret.
His style of life when chancellor was for that age magnificent: Wolsey, in after times, scarcely excelled him.
Armed with the powers which Wolsey had wielded, he directed them into a totally different channel; so far as the religious welfare of the nation is considered, although in his principles of government he was as absolute as Richelieu.
Quotes with WOLSEY (1)
Wolsey and Henry VIII, it has to be said, were not exceptional in their love of the table. The English of Tudor times had a reputation throughout Europe for gluttony. Indeed, overeating was regarded as the English vice in the same way that lust was the French one and drunkenness that of the Germans (although looking at the amount of alcohol consumed in England, I expect the English probably ran a close second to the Germans).
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Appears in: Boston Globe, LAT, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 8 times in crossword archives (1949–2018).