Anselm

[ an-selm ]

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noun

Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
Also An·sel [] a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “divine” and “helmet.”

Anselm

/ ˈænsɛlm /

Anselm, Saint10331109MItalianRELIGION: clergymanMISC: scholarWRITING: author Saint. 1033–1109, Italian Benedictine monk; archbishop of Canterbury (1093–1109): one of the founders of scholasticism; author of Cur Deus Homo? ( Why did God become Man? ). Feast day: Aug 21

Among the seven candidates who showed up at St. Anselm, Herman Cain may have hurt himself the most.

Anselm listened to the bishop with a mixture of amazement, indignation and profound anxiety.

It was he who prevailed upon the Pope to canonize Archbishop Anselm.

William would probably recognize the one that Anselm did not, for a rupture was certain, and the King sought for a pretext.

The King now supposed that Anselm would receive the pallium at his royal hands, which the prelate warily refused to accept.

Anselm, on his part, knew that the appeal was hopeless; while the King wished to gain time.

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