2. Noun. (plural of daïs) ¹
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Definition of Daises
1. dais [n] - See also: dais
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daises
Literary usage of Daises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bas-reliefs from the Temple of Rameses I at Abydos by Herbert Eustis Winlock (1921)
"Steps bearing figures of bound captives on their treads are features of the throne
daises of ... daises ..."
2. Origines Islandicae: A Collection of the More Important Sagas and Other by Frederick York Powell, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1905)
"Then the daises are made up fully, and there be four twelves of men on each dais.
6. No man shall sit inside the daises when the law-court is cleared, ..."