Definition of Cesti

1. cestus [n] - See also: cestus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cesti

cessionary
cessions
cessment
cessments
cessor
cessors
cesspipe
cesspipes
cesspit
cesspits
cesspool
cesspools
cesstibtantite
cesta
cestas
cesti (current term)
cestoda
cestode
cestode infections
cestodes
cestodiasis
cestoi
cestoid
cestoidean
cestoideans
cestoids
cestos
cestoses
cestraciont
cestuan

Literary usage of Cesti

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

1. The Opera: A Sketch of the Development of Opera : with Full Descriptions of by Richard Alexander Streatfeild (1897)
"... OP OPERA PERI—MONTEVERDE—CAVALLI—cesti—CAMBERT—LULLI— PURCELL— REISER—SCARLATTI—HANDEL THE early history of many forms of art is wrapped in obscurity. ..."

2. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"... Art—Harmonic Music—Music-Drama and Oratorio—Monteverde—Carissimi—Schiitz—The First Opera Houses Open—Cavalli—cesti—Stradella—The First Important Operas. ..."

3. Select Cases on the Law of Evidence by John Henry Wigmore (1913)
"170 to that house- porter for breakfasts. You have no regular occupation. (The examination of the next accused, de cesti, was thus conducted by the udge. ..."

4. Year Books of Edward II. by Great Britain, Frederic William Maitland (1904)
"Pass.20 Par cesti bref ... nest pas en certein par le brief B. '5 habet en cesti bref ad agard [regard, relacion] a la demande [parole] M; sim. ..."

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