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Definition of Demies
1. demy [n] - See also: demy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demies
Literary usage of Demies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1894)
"Coll. fellows and the major part of (the) demies, it was given out by Mr. (Robert)
... 16, M., fourteen demies turn'd out by the new fellows of Magd. ..."
2. The Life and Times of Anthony Wood, Antiquary, of Oxford, 1632-1695 by Anthony à Wood, Andrew Clark (1894)
"Coll. fellows and the major part of (the) demies, it was given out by Mr. (Robert)
... 16, M., fourteen demies turn'd out by the new fellows of Magd. ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... reprint in a third edition of his Sermon on Priestly Absolution, 1874, pp 1-
88, and 114-239 ; Register of the demies of SM Magdalen College, Oxford. ..."
4. Oxf. Hist. Soc by Oxford Historical Society (1894)
"Coll. fellows and the major part of (the) demies, it was given out by Mr. (Robert)
... 16, M., fourteen demies turn'd out by the new fellows of Magd. ..."
5. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Benjamin Vincent, Joseph Haydn (1906)
"«demies of science of London, Paris, and ' Many of the following dates are doubtful.
PRINCIPAL ACAdemies. Academy -if s -ii-jn •••>. Boston,. ..."
6. An Universal History: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time by George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell, John Swinton (1759)
"... demies, and moft celebrated doctors in them; and fuch other ... it is in the
third cen- *"'(y- demies; we therefore think, ..."
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