Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- One of the seven hills of ancient Rome, traditionally occupied by the Sabines. A papal palace was built here in the 1500s and served as the residence of Italian kings from 1871 to 1946.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to Quirinus or to the Quirinal Hill (one of the seven hills of Rome) or to the modern royal palace (a former summer palace of the popes) which is built upon it.
- noun The palace of the Quirinal; hence, the Italian Court.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or designating, the hill
Collis Quirinalis , nowMonte Quirinale (one of the seven hills of Rome), or a modern royal place situated upon it. Also used substantively.
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Examples
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-- Although there has been much antagonism between the Vatican and the Quirinal, that is, between the Pope and the Italian government, still reform and progress have marked Italian affairs since the events of
General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers
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His quick appreciation of the colossal statues of Castor and Pollux on the Quirinal is the best proof of this.
The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Stearns, Frank P 1906
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The procession to the Quirinal was a prolonged triumph.
The Eternal City Hall Caine 1892
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Quirinal, which is cooler and healthier, as soon as May arrived; and spent the dog days at Castle Gandolfo on the margins of the Lake of
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 2 ��mile Zola 1871
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Quirinal, which is cooler and healthier, as soon as May arrived; and spent the dog days at Castle Gandolfo on the margins of the Lake of
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871
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Quirinal, which is cooler and healthier, as soon as May arrived; and spent the dog days at Castle Gandolfo on the margins of the Lake of
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete ��mile Zola 1871
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In the valley which lay between the fora and the Quirinal was the celebrated Subura, -- the quarter of shops, markets, and artificers, -- a busy, noisy, vulgar section, not beautiful, but full of life and enterprise and wickedness.
The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. John Lord 1852
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A special Senate of Women was even supposedly established, whose meetings on the Quirinal hill were chaired by Soaemias.81
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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As soon as he came down the steps his bodyguard closed around him, and with the lictors clearing the way, we pushed and struggled across the Forum in the direction of the Quirinal Hill.
CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010
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The Italian public's first chance to see the krater was at a high-profile exhibition of "recovered masterpieces" last year at the Quirinal Palace, the presidential residence in Rome.
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