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Definition of Paolo
1. n. An old Italian silver coin, worth about ten cents.
Definition of Paolo
1. Proper noun. (Italian male given name) of (etyl it en) origin. English equivalent: Paul. ¹
2. Noun. An old Italian silver coin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paolo
1. an obsolete papal coin [n PAOLI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paolo
Literary usage of Paolo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical by Michael Bryan (1886)
"This was the first of several great banqueting scenes painted by Paolo, ...
About 1563 Paolo was again employed in painting in the church of San Sebastiano. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"Venetian school ; history painter, nephew and probably pupil of Paolo ; waa the
fellow-student and friend of Paolo Veronese, whom he assisted in his works ..."
3. Representative American Plays by Arthur Hobson Quinn (1917)
"Paolo. But thy gentleness Seems to reproach me; and, instead of joy, ... I 've
kissed him in the sight of heaven; Are you above it? Paolo. ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Francesco [advancing without seeing Paolo] — Where is my father ? ... Paolo— She
talks In a soliloquy, and groans. Francesca— Alas, This place I must ..."
5. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Arthur Stedman, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1894)
"Paolo. I hate the girl: She seems to stand between me and the light. And now for
the romance. ... Paolo. My dagger frets me; let me take it off. [Rites. ..."
6. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1908)
"Francesca does not scruple to justify her long-established relations with Paolo,
on the ground of the indefensible deception of her marriage. ..."
7. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1892)
"Giovanni e Paolo, SS., Church of, Venice : tombs in, continued : of ... Giov.
e Paolo. See s. Venice, IV. (I) sv Glacier, line of, I. xxvii. 9. ..."
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