clemence
Speech parts
1. clemence - Noun
2. Clemence - Proper noun
Meaning
Clemency.
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
An £18,000 signing from Scunthorpe in 1967, Clemence was a key member of the Liverpool team which won the club's first ever European Cup in 1977.
As well as the league titles and European Cup success, Clemence also won an FA Cup, a League Cup, two UEFA Cups and the European Super Cup, but his contribution was much greater than the sum of his honours.
At the IAU meeting in Rome 1952: see ESAE (1961) at sect.1C, p.9; also Clemence (1971).
But it was worth the wait as Clemence won every major honour in the game bar the European Cup Winners' Cup in 665 appearances before, surprisingly, announcing at the age of 32 that he needed a new challenge to prolong his career.
Clemence (1948) made it clear that his proposal was intended "for the convenience of astronomers and other scientists only" and that it was "logical to continue the use of mean solar time for civil purposes".
Housman's brother Laurence Housman and their sister Clemence Housman also became writers.