margery kempe

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Definition of margery kempe in English English dictionary

born 1373 died 1440 English mystic. She had 14 children before beginning a series of pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, Germany, and Spain in 1414. Apparently illiterate, she dictated her autobiography, Book of Margery Kempe, describing her travels and her religious ecstasies in an unaffected style ( 1432-36). It is one of the earliest autobiographies in English literature

Hyphenation

Mar·ge·ry Kem·pe

Turkish pronunciation

märcıri kemp

Pronunciation

/ˈmärʤərē ˈkemp/ /ˈmɑːrʤɜriː ˈkɛmp/