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Definition of Sennachies
1. sennachie [n] - See also: sennachie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sennachies
Literary usage of Sennachies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban by William Forbes Skene (1880)
"... were soon after thrown into rapidly- Second increasing contact with those of
Ireland, a people possessing similar pedigrees, and sennachies surpassing ..."
2. Controversial Issues in Scottish History: A Contrast of the Early Chronicles by William Henry Gregg (1910)
"When the monasteries of Scotland became the seats of priests and monks, with
their knowledge of Latin, the sennachies became of less value, being no longer ..."
3. The Dean of Lismore's Book: A Selection of Ancient Gaelic Poetry from a by William Forbes Skene (1862)
"The annals of the four masters record the following Irish sennachies as being
recognised masters in the Highlands :— In 1185 died ..."
4. The Poems of William Dunbar by William Dunbar, George Powell McNeill (1893)
"The dialect spoken was still called " Ersch," or Irish, and until the extinction
of the Lordship of the Isles in 1545, "the Irish sennachies and bards were ..."
5. The Poems of William Dunbar by William Dunbar, Aeneas James George Mackay, George Powell McNeill (1893)
"The dialect spoken was still called " Ersch," or Irish, and until the extinction
of the Lordship of the Isles in 1545, "the Irish sennachies and bards were ..."
6. The Poems of William Dunbar by William Dunbar, George Powell McNeill (1893)
"The dialect spoken was still called " Ersch," or Irish, and until the extinction
of the Lordship of the Isles in 1545, "the Irish sennachies and bards were ..."
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