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- noun Plural form of
posada .
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Examples
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When I arrive at night at one of their pigsties, which they call posadas, and ask for bread to eat in the name of God, and straw to lie down in, they curse me, and say there is neither bread nor straw in Galicia; and sure enough, since I have been here I have seen neither, only something that they call broa, and a kind of reedy rubbish with which they litter the horses: all my bones are sore since I entered Galicia.
The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842
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When I arrive at night at one of their pigsties, which they call posadas, and ask for bread to eat in the name of God, and straw to lie down in, they curse me, and say there is neither bread nor straw in Galicia; and sure enough, since I have been here I have seen neither, only something that they call broa, and a kind of reedy rubbish with which they litter the horses: all my bones are sore since I entered
The Bible in Spain 1712
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No matter how it arrived, the beloved tradition of las posadas is an experience so profound, so spiritually uplifting, that it's a privilege to take part in, even to merely observe, the honored ritual.
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No matter how it arrived, the beloved tradition of las posadas is an experience so profound, so spiritually uplifting, that it's a privilege to take part in, even to merely observe, the honored ritual.
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That novena is called the posadas, and it's celebrated somewhat differently -- but that's another post.
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South of the highway, between Chapala and Ajijic, is the village of San Antonio which still holds traditional "posadas", dramatizing Joseph and Mary's search for lodgings, on each of the nine nights before Christmas.
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South of the highway, between Chapala and Ajijic, is the village of San Antonio which still holds traditional "posadas", dramatizing Joseph and Mary's search for lodgings, on each of the nine nights before Christmas.
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Joining Josefina for my first Christmas posadas celebration, which began right outside the door and continued all the way to the Church in San Antonio.
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Joining Josefina for my first Christmas posadas celebration, which began right outside the door and continued all the way to the Church in San Antonio.
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The posadas are traditionally parties held on the nine consecutive nights before Christmas, starting on December 16th.
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