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Definition of Seres
1. sere [v] - See also: sere
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seres
Literary usage of Seres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Bibles: An Account of the Early Versions of the English Bible by John Read Dore (1888)
"Daye and seres must have been in communication with Bale, as about that time they
printed his " Image of ... 19, Daye and seres' octavo edition of 1548. ..."
2. The Conquest of Canada by George Warburton (1849)
"The most eminent geographer before the time of Ptolemy, places the confines of
seres—the China of to-day—at nearly two-thirds of the distance round the ..."
3. The Classical Journal (1812)
"Teque vident primi, quaerunt tamen Id quoque, seres, ... The country of the seres
is the first country, through which the Nile passes after its source ..."
4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"Day and seres separated about 1560, and the latter established himself at ...
When that building was occupied by the Stationers' Company, seres set up at ..."
5. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1890)
"The seres are of inoffensive manners, but, bearing a strong resemblance therein
to all savage nations, they shun all intercourse with the rest of mankind, ..."
6. The Classical Museum by Leonhard Schmitz (1846)
"The country where silk was first cultivated forms a true geographical problem.
The nation called seres has never had a specific existence under that name. ..."
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