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  • proper noun a city in Saxony, Germany

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Examples

  • To this proposal John XII consented, and, shortly before the execution of the plan in 968, it was decided at the Synod of Ravenna (967) to create three other sees — namely Meissen, Mersburg, and Zeitz — as suffragans of Magdeburg.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • In a brief remission from his disease, he produced the slender, jewel-like "Utz," a novella about a collector of Meissen porcelain in Prague.

    The News From Everywhere David Mason 2011

  • For instance, delicate "hard paste" porcelain was developed at Saxony's Meissen factories to beat the Chinese porcelain makers at their own game.

    Go East, Monsieur Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2012

  • The difference was that English glassmakers were competing with East India Company imports, while on the Continent, glassmakers had more immediate competition: Since 1710, two chemists had been making clay-based porcelains in Meissen, Germany.

    Art, Technology, Design, Crisscrossing the Globe Lee Lawrence 2011

  • Designs—like the venerable "flow-blue" patterns—painted and later transfer-printed on Meissen and English porcelain and pottery often represented European fantasies of Asian life, mingling Chinese, East Indian and Middle Eastern motifs.

    Go East, Monsieur Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2012

  • The Abbey was founded in 1268 by Henry the Illustrious, Margrave of Meissen and Lusatia (Neuzelle is situated in Lower Lusatia) for the benefit of the soul of his deceased wife Agnes.

    Neuzelle Abbey 2009

  • It was a little Meissen elephant for his kitchen table, "so I can have breakfast with somebody."

    Charity Begins With Home Furnishings Priya Rao 2010

  • This season, Ms. Katrantzou built on that idea with designs inspired by Fabergé eggs and Meissen porcelain, moving deeper into the realm of decorative arts.

    This Week, All Hail the Prints of England Beth Schepens 2011

  • On the altar of St. Benedict the Saint is depicted dying, to his left and right statues of his disciples Saints Placidus and Maurus, and to the far left and right St. Benno of Meissen and St. Martin of Tours.

    Neuzelle Abbey 2009

  • AFP/Getty Images Ms. Katrantzou's structural, lampshade-like designs were inspired by Fabergé eggs and Meissen porcelain, moving deeper into the realm of decorative arts.

    Kaleidoscope Colors Jumpstart London Fashion 2011

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