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Definition of Champs
1. champ [v] - See also: champ
Lexicographical Neighbors of Champs
Literary usage of Champs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paris and Environs: With Routes from London to Paris : Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1904)
"Here, too, are situated the Louvre, with its magnificent treasures of art, the
champs-Elysées, the Hotel de Ville, the Trocadéro, the Opera House, ..."
2. Medieval Art: From the Peace of the Church to the Eve of the Renaissance by William Richard Lethaby (1904)
"Thus, in champs. Paris. ^ magnificent double-aisled hall of St. Martin des champs,
Paris, the curves of the vaulting are set out as in the figure. ..."
3. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"Nothing could be more graceful and daring than the refectory of St. Martin des
champs in Paris (XIII century), with its two rows of vaults. ..."
4. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"... after two unsuccessful attempts in the new region of the Rue Balzac and Rue
Lord Byron, to an apartment in the Avenue des champs Elysees. ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... at St-Nicolas-des-champs, Paris, where he was buried. The accompanying picture
represents his marble bust in that mausoleum. The assertion that he was a ..."
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