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Thomas Becket Eg Crossword Clue

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noun

• one who suffers for the sake of principle

• one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion

verb

• kill as a martyr

• torture and torment like a martyr

71%13 Played the role of Thomas Becket in 'Becket'
noun

• English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)

• Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984)

46%11Thomas Becket was murdered during the reign of a king from this dynasty
noun

• the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485

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