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Definition of Chatelains
1. chatelain [n] - See also: chatelain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chatelains
Literary usage of Chatelains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Riviera Towns by Herbert Adams Gibbons (1920)
"Moonlight was sufficient to read inscriptions that set forth in detail the pedigree
of the chatelains. The baptismal names overflowed a line, ..."
2. The Irish Quarterly Review (1855)
"But the barons, and the vassals of the church, and the noble chatelains were all
on foot. And there were some in front who threw silver pieces before them ..."
3. The Development of the French Monarchy Under Louis VI., Le Gros, 1108-1137 by James Westfall Thompson (1895)
"The attitude of the chatelains was hardly less tolerant. Their conduct toward
the bourgeois depended largely upon their relations with the bishop. ..."
4. Two Gentlemen in Touraine by Charles Gibson (1899)
""I love to see the peasant have a feeling of respect, as well as love, for the
chatelains, instead of the fear and defiance one finds so often in our days. ..."
5. The Student, and Intellectual Observer (1869)
"The chatelains had more ways of spending their wealth on a large scale, and their
pride, and love of action and display, led them into constant extravagance ..."
6. The History of Guernsey and Its Bailiwick: With Occasional Notices of Jersey by Ferdinand Brock Tupper (1854)
"... and the chatelains, who held only arrive fiefs with fortified places. ...
and chatelains, all of whom were either knights or esquires, or the gentry in ..."
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