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Definition of Granaries
1. granary [n] - See also: granary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Granaries
Literary usage of Granaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty (1883)
"Of The establishment of public granaries is an excellent republic gr»- gulation for
... These granaries should be filled in times of the greatest plenty, ..."
2. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn (1889)
"granaries were formed by Joseph in Egypt, 1715 BC (Genesis xli. 48.) There were
three hundred and twenty-seven granaries in Rome. ..."
3. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"The granaries are lofty and spacious buildings of six or seven floors or stories,
those of the largest kind being capable of holding from six to seven ..."
4. The Flight of the Lapwing: A Naval Officer's Jottings in China, Formosa and by Henry Noel Shore Teignmouth (1881)
"THE following short account of public granaries in China is extracted from the '
Pall Mall Gazette.' ' Under the Chow dynasty, about the time when ..."
5. The Law of Nations, Or, Principles of the Law of Nature Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty, Edward Duncan Ingraham (1852)
"82. of The establishment of public granaries is an excellent republic gra- gulation
... These granaries should be filled in times of the greatest plenty, ..."
6. The History of the Grain Trade in France, 1400-1710 by Abbott Payson Usher (1913)
"their grain by purchases on the markets and in country granaries. ... The granaries
of rentiers were probably a more important factor ' than the granaries ..."
7. Sequel to Riley's Narrative: Being a Sketch of Interesting Incidents in the by James Riley, William Willshire Riley (1851)
"Sending for an officer, he invited us to walk to and examine these granaries,
offering his company as our escort. Accordingly, Mr. Willshire, myself and ..."
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