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Definition of Pensionaries
1. pensionary [n] - See also: pensionary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pensionaries
Literary usage of Pensionaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Modern Europe: And a View of the Progress of Society from the by William Russell (1837)
"... enforced by clamour the resignation of nine members, and the appointment of
successors friendly to the cause of the pensionaries. ..."
2. The History of Modern Europe: And a View of the Progress of Society from the by Charles Coote, William Russell (1811)
"... and the appointment of successors friendly to the cause of the pensionaries.
At Rotterdam similar steps were taken; and, by these and other measures, ..."
3. History of the Council of Trent by Félix Bungener (1855)
"... entirely under his hand — Jealousies among the members — The pope's
pensionaries—Offers of money to the king of France—Arrival of the French ambassadors ..."
4. Essays in Historical Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1902)
"The honorary members and the pensionaries had alone a deliberative voice in the
elections, and in the business of the Academy. The two associates in the ..."
5. Essays in Historical Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1902)
"The honorary members and the pensionaries had alone a deliberative voice in the
elections, and in the business of the Academy. The two associates in the ..."
6. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"The next week be will see the pensionaries of the other cities. For the rest lam
of opinion that all this will be arranged yet satisfactorily, ..."
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