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Definition of Audients
1. audient [n] - See also: audient
Lexicographical Neighbors of Audients
Literary usage of Audients
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Alliance of Divine Offices by Hamon L'Estrange (1846)
"Such audients and catechumens being not terms convertible, but evidently in all
antiquity distinct. The council of Nice, concerning lapsed persons, ..."
2. Richard Brome: A Study of His Life and Works by Clarence Edward Andrews (1913)
"... play Hercules furens, Tearing your throat to split the audients eares. And you
Sir, you had got a tricke of late, Of holding out your bum in a set ..."
3. The Every-day Book and Table Book; Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular by William Hone (1841)
"... You hold inter locations with the audients. Player. That is a way, my Lord,
has been allowed On elder stages, to move mirth and laughter. ..."
4. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"... th" Was made of grasse and earth in that rude age ; About the which were
thick-leaved t»»«-li«f Nor did the audients hold themselves disgraced Of turfe ..."
5. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1841)
"... tii' unready stage Was made of grasse and earth in that rude age; About the
which were thick-leaved branches placed, Nor did the audients hold ..."
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