Englishness

noun

En·​glish·​ness

plural -es

: the distinctive qualities or characteristics that set apart or are felt to set apart the English people, their works, or institutions

Oxford and Cambridge are the very essence of Englishness, on a par with the monarchy, Parliament, the Church of England

—Newsweek

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