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French translation for "king's evil"

n. scrofule, maladie diathésique appelée aussi maladie des écrouelles.
Example Sentences:
1.Henry was the last claimant to the British throne to touch for the King's Evil.
Henri est le dernier prétendant au trône britannique à toucher les malades atteints par les écrouelles.
2.Anne reinstituted the traditional religious practice of touching for the king's evil that had been eschewed by William as papist superstition.
Anne rétablit la tradition du toucher royal, abandonnée par Guillaume qui la considérait comme une superstition catholique.
3.Some time later he contracted scrofula, known at the time as the "King's Evil" because it was thought royalty could cure it.
Mais il est rapidement atteint de scrofules, qu'on appelait alors le « Mal du Roi », car on pensait qu'un toucher du roi pouvait en guérir.
4.The rebels' grievances were wide-ranging, but the most significant was the suppression of the monasteries, blamed on the King's "evil counsellors", principally Cromwell and Cranmer.
Les raisons de la rébellion sont nombreuses, mais la plus importante est la suppression des monastères, que l'on reproche aux "mauvais conseillers" du roi, c'est-à-dire surtout Cromwell et Cranmer.
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