Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Illustrious; renowned.
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- adjective obsolete (
Scotland )illustrious ,distinguished
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Examples
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[25] Magni et excellentis ingenii et preclare indolis; præ se fert speciem fillii magni Principis, et super omnia ilaris et jocundus, e tutto festa: cum magna siquidem modestia est longe melioris et prestantioris aspectus, quam sit dux Candie germanus suus.
Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius
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The Boy-Bishop of Salisbury, whose service set to music is printed in the _Processionale et usum insignis et preclare Ecclesie Sarum, _
The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain
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Io.] [Footnote 9: Nec prima illa post secula per ætates sane complures alio Lyrici spectarunt, quam ut Deorum laudes ac decora, aut virorum fortium res preclare gestas Hymnis ac Pæanibus, ad templa
An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients John Ogilvie 1772
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** EnchiridiS preclare eccrie Sarifburiefis dcuo - tifllmis precarionibus ac venuftiflimis imaginibus: & ijs quidem non paucis rcfertii. "
Typographical antiquities: an historical account of printing in England ... 1790
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