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Defender of the Faith

One of the titles of the English sovereign, conferred on Henry VIII in 1521 by Pope Leo X in recognition of the king's treatise against the Protestant Martin Luther. It appears on coins in the abbreviated form F.D. (Latin Fidei Defensor).

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England: history 1485 - 1714 Fidei Defensor Leo X, Giovanni de' Medici Roman Catholicism			We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereigne Lord, King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. The Mayflower Compact by History Documents View in context Henry VIII, the Defender of the Faith, seized upon the monastery and its possessions and hanged and tortured some of the monks who could not accommodate themselves to the pace of his reform. Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context			deep litter Deep-Sea Drilling Project deep-sea trench Deeping, Warwick deer Deer Isle Deer Lake Deer Lodge Deer Park Deere, John Deerfield Deerfield Beach deerhound deerhunting Deerhurst Dees, Morris Seligman, Jr Deetz, James John Fanto Deevy, Theresa Def, Mos defamation default defence Defence of the Realm Act Defence Research Agency Defence, Ministry of Defender of the Faith Defenders Defenestration of Prague Defense, Department of Deffand, Marie de Vichy-Chamrond Defferre, Gaston Paul Charles Defiance defiance campaign defibrillation deficiency disease deficit financing definite integral definition deflation Defoe, Daniel deforestation defragmentation program DeGaetani, Jan Degas, Edgar degaussing Degenerate Art degenerate code degeneration Degler, Carl Neumann DeGolyer, Everette Lee Degoutte, Jean Marie Joseph			Defendants Defendants Defendants Defendants' Rights Defendants' Rights defended defended defended defended Defended Area Model Defended Area Model II Engagement Evaluation Defended Area Model II Engagement Planning defended asset list Defended Footprint Tool Defendee defender defender defender defender defender defender Defender (disambiguation) Defender (disambiguation) Defender (disambiguation) Defender (football) Defender 2000 Defender against Apoptotic Death 1 Defender Against Cell Death 1 Defender of Justice Defender of the Crown Defender of the Faith Defender Technologies Group LLC Defenders Defenders Defenders Defenders Defenders Against Chaos Defenders Against Domestic Discrimination Defenders Against Drugs Defenders Council of Vermont Defenders of Camelot Defenders of Holy Relic Defenders of Honor Defenders of Human Rights Center Defenders of Native Title Defenders of Nature and Sustainable Development Defenders of Sovereignty Defenders of the Faith Defenders of the Faith in Word and Deed Defenders of the Magisterium Defenders Of The Realm Defenders of the Universe Defenders of the wildlife Defenders of Valor Defenders of Wildlife Defenders of Wildlife Defenders' Day Defenders, The defending defending defending

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