- Defender of the Faith as a noun:
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Defender of the Faith
noun
1 Defender of the Faith
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.
phrase
Roget 717: defense not defiance; Dieu defend le droit [Fr.]; fidei defensor [Lat.], defender of the faith.
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