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Definition of Serra
1. Noun. Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784).
Definition of Serra
1. a saw-like organ [n SERRAS or SERRAE]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Serra
Literary usage of Serra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"Serra tran- the limits of any class or creed. He 1ère zealot. In culture and
intellect s in religious power he was eminent, of pioneers, he was the type of ..."
2. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University, Herbert Baxter Adams (1891)
"three priests should go by land and three by sea ; Junípero Serra, the father
president, accompanying one of the land expeditions. ..."
3. A History of California: The Spanish Period by Charles Edward Chapman (1921)
"Though Serra was but one among a number who deserved well of posterity, it was
largely due to his fame that not only his own achievements but those of his ..."
4. A History of California: The Spanish Period by Charles Edward Chapman (1921)
"Though Serra was but one $mong a number who deserved well of posterity, it was
largely due to his fame that not only his own achievements but those of his ..."
5. Spanish Institutions of the Southwest by Frank Wilson Blackmar (1891)
"three priests should go by land and three by sea; Juni]1ero Serra, the father
president, accompanying one of the land expeditions. ..."
6. Thayer Expedition by Charles Frederick Hartt (1870)
"Serra de Pereira. — Villa do led and Vicinity. — Coun try between Icii and Crato.
— Gold Washings. — Crato. — Serra de Araripe — Villa da Barra do Jardim. ..."
7. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1912)
"Joy of Fr. Serra.—Work Resumed.—San Juan Capistrano Founded. ... Fr. Serra then
resolved to restore the building himself if he could ..."
8. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1908)
"Articles Taken from the Missions by Fr. Serra and Captain Rivera. ... Galvez
communicated the news to Fr. Serra, who at once directed Fr. Juan Crespi of ..."