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from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Henry VIII
    n 1: son of Henry VII and King of England from 1509 to 1547; his
         divorce from Catherine of Aragon resulted in his break with
         the Catholic Church in 1534 and his excommunication 1538,
         leading to the start of the Reformation in England
         (1491-1547)