Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name of a French gold coin, weighing from 97.22 to 87.96 grains, first issued in 1340 by Philip VI.
- noun The name of a gold coin, weighing about 35 grains, struck in France by Henry VI. of England for use in his French dominions.
- noun A small rich sort of cheese made in Normandy, said to have been stamped with a figure of the coin.
- noun An instrument of music somewhat resembling a lute.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI.
- noun An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused.
- noun A sort of small, rich cheese, made in Normandy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI. - noun obsolete An old
musical instrument of thelute kind. - noun obsolete A sort of small, rich
cheese , made inNormandy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Man never caused such cruelty (lines 186 — 90) .63 Expecting to play the singing angelot (little angel), the boy enters the house only to take on the role of the aingnelés (little lamb), a reference to the young sheep led off by wolves, to the animal sacrifices of Jewish antiquity, and to Christ.
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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Despite their poverty, the boy received an education, during which he learned to sing, his voice being described as that of "a little angel" (angelot).
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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ANGEL, a gold coin, first used in France (_angelot, ange_) in 1340, and introduced into England by Edward IV. in 1465 as a new issue of the "noble," and so at first called the "angel-noble."
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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[19] Spanish, _angelitos_; a play upon words, apparently alluding to the gold coin known as _angelot_ (from the figure of an angel thereon), used in the Low Countries in the sixteenth century.
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The word appears as angelot in Phillips's "English Dictionary" (1678), and is used in Browning's "Sordello," as a
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul 1660 Pepys, Samuel 1660
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The word appears as angelot in Phillips's "English
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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The word appears as angelot in Phillips's "English
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1660 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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The word appears as angelot in Phillips's "English
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 06: June/July 1660 Samuel Pepys 1668
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