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Definition of Durante
1. Noun. United States comedian remembered for his large nose and hoarse voice (1893-1980).
Definition of Durante
1. prep. During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Durante
Literary usage of Durante
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"Monsell v. Armstrong, LR 14 see Re Cope, 10 CD 49, 52, as to Eq. 423. tue distinction
between administrator (t) Вас. Abr. Exors. (B. 1), 2 Prince's durante ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... and Durante. In the firm precision of the drawing and extras* skilfulness of
touch _ in the blue outlines one is reminded of the paintings on Greek ..."
3. Lakmé: Opera in Three Actsby Léo Delibes, Philippe Gille, Edmond Gondinet, Theodore T. Barker by Léo Delibes, Philippe Gille, Edmond Gondinet, Theodore T. Barker (1890)
"Mrs. B. It's not the thing to do. Ger. Though, entertaining quite ! Fred. And it's
dangerous, too. Ger. This it is oft' that tempts us. (Durante gli ..."
4. The Trial of Theodore Parker: For the "misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil by Theodore Parker (1855)
"... and the liberties of Parliament; and to neglect our persons and bodies, and
to let them lie in prison, and that durante bene placito, remediless! ..."
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