Definition of Messes

1. Noun. (plural of mess) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of mess) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Messes

1. mess [v] - See also: mess

Lexicographical Neighbors of Messes

messeigneurs
messelite
messenger
messenger-like RNA
messenger RNA
messenger bag
messenger boy
messenger pigeon
messengered
messengering
messengers
messenian
messenians
messer
messers
messes (current term)
messet
messets
messiahless
messiahlike
messiahs
messiahship
messiahships
messianic
messianically
messianism
messianisms
messias
messiases
messier

Literary usage of Messes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Svrvay of London: Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne by John Stow (1890)
"Mercers, the wardens, and seventeen persons, five messes. 4. ... Ironmongers, the wardens, and four persons, four messes and a half. 8. ..."

2. Proceedings (1902)
"... de messes et des communions. Le Souverain Pontife Léon XIII, comme ses prédécesseurs, a dénoncé à plusieurs reprises la secte maçonnique comme la source ..."

3. Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John by Elisha Kent Kane (1856)
"THE PLEDGES — THE ARGUMENT— FAREWELL TO THE BRIG — THE MUSTER — THE ROUTINE — THE messes. OUR last farewell to the brig -was made with more solemnity. ..."

4. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1854)
"Extract from the Minutes, Sec'y. Indorsed, SAM'L BRYAN, Bead in Council same day, and Minutes of Council furnished. messes. ..."

5. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"It is tho only sort of charity which ' messes twice.' All charily, indeed, blesses the receiver; but the blessing promised to the giver, I have sometimes ..."

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