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Definition of Lully

1. Noun. Spanish philosopher (1235-1315).

2. Noun. French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lully

Luis Bunuel Luis de Gongora y Argote Luk. Luka Lukas Lukashenka Lukashenko Lukasiewicz notation Luke Lula

Lule Burgas Lule Sami Luleå Lulli Lully (current term) Lulogooli Luluabourg Lulworth skipper Lulworth skippers Lumasaaba

Lumpenus Lumpenus lumpretaeformis Lumumbist Lumumbists Luna Luna-Ishak stain Lunaria Lunaria annua Lunarian

Literary usage of Lully

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

1. English Poetry (1170-1892). by John Matthews Manley (1907)
"Lully, lulley, etc. Yn that orchard there was an halle That was ... Lully, lulley, etc. And in that hall there was a bede, ..."

2. Ancient Songs, from the Time of King Henry the Third: To the Revolution by Joseph] [Ritson (1790)
"And Ihee in the woodes heere w' thee lefte alone, Singe Lully by Lully. ... Singe Lully Lully Lully, Sweete Baby, Lully by, Sweete Baby, Lully Lully. ..."

3. Famous Composers and Their Works by John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas, Karl Klauser (1891)
"Convinced of the merit of his score, Lully had it executed a few days later for his own satisfaction (as did the king of Bavaria, recently, with Wagner's ..."

4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"Lully left a fortune of 600000 livres, the savings of a life of unusual ... The ara magna of Lully, or ar» Lulli- ana, as his followers called it, ..."

5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"See Lully, Raymond Lull, Richard Swann, 1867- Zwemer. il Mis R 38:415-23 . ... Pop Sci 87:236-43 S '15 Lully, Raymond, 1235-1215 Raymond Lull—missionary to ..."

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