Definitions

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  • adjective of or from Cracow
  • noun A person from Cracow.
  • noun astronomy, geodesy A clerical convenience in solving systems of linear equations by hand.

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Examples

  • Wolska finished her song and her partner, dressed in a Cracovian costume, went about among the drinking crowd with his notes in his hand, collecting money.

    Komediantka. English W��adys��aw Stanis��aw Reymont 1896

  • It is a Cracovian costume in her colors, light-blue with red facings, and red quadrangular cap, ornamented with peacock-feathers.

    Venus in Furs Leopold Sacher-Masoch 1865

  • Pope Benedict XVI is to canonise six new blesseds on 17 October, including Stanislaw Soltys Kazimierczyk, a 15th century Cracovian priest.

    Clerical Whispers Sotto Voce 2010

  • Pope Benedict XVI is to canonise six new blesseds on 17 October, including Stanislaw Soltys Kazimierczyk, a 15th century Cracovian priest.

    Clerical Whispers Sotto Voce 2010

  • "My beloved slave, Severin, oh, how I love you, how I adore you, how handsome you are in your Cracovian costume!

    Venus in Furs Leopold Sacher-Masoch 1865

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