noun
definition
Peace; security.
definition
Sanctuary, asylum.
Examples of frith in a Sentence
There he probably met Patrick Hamilton, and was joined by John Frith.
The works of Tyndale were first published along with those of John Frith (q.v.) and Robert Barnes, "three worthy martyrs and principal teachers of the Church of England," by John Day, in 1573 (folio).
Among these are a Roman slab, carved with figures of a horseman trampling upon an enemy, several fine tombs and stones of the 13th and 14th centuries, the frith or fridstool of stone, believed to be the original bishop's throne, and the fine Perpendicular roodscreen of oak, retaining its loft.
The foundation of the church of St Thomas of Canterbury is attributed to the foresters of the royal forest or frith of the Peak early in the 13th century; and from this the town took name.
The work was reproduced courtesy of the Francis Frith collection.
William Powell Frith was born in Yorkshire, where his father a self-made man had become a prosperous innkeeper in Harrogate.
There is a good roadstead, much frequented by the Glasgow and other shipping sailing along the river and Frith of Clyde.
Tunstall disappointed him, so he got employment as a preacher at St Dunstan's-inthe-West, and worked at his translation, living as chaplain in the house of Humphrey Monmouth, an alderman, and forming a firm friendship with John Frith; but finding publication impossible in England, he sailed for Hamburg in May 1524.