Defender of the Faith

Defender of the Faith
noun
a title that Leo X bestowed on Henry VIII and later withdrew; parliament restored the title and it has been used by English sovereigns ever since
• Hypernyms: ↑title, ↑title of respect, ↑form of address

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Defender of the Faith [Defender of the Faith]
a title used by all kings and queens of England since the 16th century. The abbreviation of the title’s Latin form, Fidei Defensor, is FD or FID DEF, and this appears on every British coin. The title was first given to King ↑Henry VIII by Pope Leo X after Henry’s defence of the ↑Roman Catholic faith against the teachings of Martin Luther. But the title was taken away when England left the Roman Catholic Church. King Henry then asked the English Parliament to give him the same title with a different meaning: defender of the ↑Church of England.

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