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Definition of Cronets
1. cronet [n] - See also: cronet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cronets
Literary usage of Cronets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"... consisting of three circles of stones set up gate-wise; some called "corse-stones,"
of twelve tons',* others called " cronets," of seven tons' weight; ..."
2. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... of twelve tons, others called stone- cronets, of seven tons weight: those
haply for greater, and these for inferior officers*: and one an account of his ..."
3. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"... consisting of three circles of stones set up gate-wise; some called "corse-stones,"
of twelve tons',* others called " cronets," of seven tons' weight; ..."
4. Catalogue of a Collection of Printed Broadsides in the Possession of the by Robert Lemon (1866)
"... in lengthe 28 foote, in bredth 7 foote, in compas 16 foote. B. sheweth ye
lesser, called cronets, of 6 or 7 tone. C. sheweth wher great bones of men ar ..."
5. The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine by Edward Hungerford Goddard, Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (1875)
"... consisting of three circles of stones set up gate-wise; some called '
corse-stones,' of 12 tons, others called 'cronets/ of 7 tons' weight (those haply ..."
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