simnel

simnel
simnel [sim′nəl]
n.
〚ME simenel < OFr < L simila, finest wheat flour: see SEMOLINA〛
in England,
a) a kind of bread or roll formerly prepared by boiling, or boiling and baking
b) a rich fruitcake traditionally eaten in mid-Lent or at Easter or Christmas

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sim·nel (sĭmʹnəl) n. Chiefly British
1. A crisp bread made of fine wheat flour.
2. A rich fruitcake sometimes covered with almond paste and traditionally eaten at mid-Lent, Easter, and Christmas.
  [Middle English, from Old French siminel, from Medieval Latin siminellus, ultimately from Latin simila, fine flour. See semolina.]

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(c. 1475–1525)
a man who pretended that he had the right to be the king of England during the Wars of the Roses. He was persuaded by supporters of the House of York to pretend to be the Earl of Warwick, whose uncle was Richard III. Simnel was crowned king in 1487 in Ireland, and then invaded England with a small army. They were defeated by the forces of Henry VII, who pardoned (= decided not to punish) Simnel and gave him a job in the royal kitchen.

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