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Definition of Richelieu

1. Noun. French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642).

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Literary usage of Richelieu

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Richelieu then exaggerated his fiscal exigencies in regard to the clergy; ... Richelieu refused to receive the nuncio (October, 1639); a decree of the royal ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Subsequently, Richelieu gave satisfaction to the pope when on 7 December, 1629, he obtained a retraction from the Gallican Edmond Richer, syndic of the ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"It would be a mistake to see in this war that Richelieu waged against the Huguenots an example of religious intolerance, for although this would have been ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"It would be a mistake to see in this war that Richelieu waged against the Huguenots an example of religious intolerance, for although this would have been ..."

5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"BIBLIOGRAPHY: The first place in authority will be taken by Mémoire» du Cardinal de Richelieu, Publie» d'après le» manuscrit» originaux pour la société de ..."

6. Southern Literary Messenger by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1839)
"No successor to Richelieu! Round me thrones totter! dynasties dissolve ! ... Richelieu. Ay, Sire, for in one moment there did pass Into this wither'd frame ..."

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