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Definition of Dissaves
1. dissave [v] - See also: dissave
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissaves
Literary usage of Dissaves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Historical, Political, and Statistical Account of Ceylon and Its Dependencies by Charles Pridham (1849)
"... in office belonging to each province, the same as they attended the former
Kings of Kandy, except that the dissaves may always use palanquins beyond the ..."
2. An Account of the Interior of Ceylon, and of Its Inhabitants: With Travels by John Davy (1821)
"They ranked in the districts next to the dissaves, and acted under them in a ...
The dissaves, formerly called Dissave-pati, (chief of a side,) were the ..."
3. Ceylon: A General Description of the Island and Its Inhabitants, with an by Henry Marshall (1846)
"His Excellency thanked the dissaves for the attention paid to the troops, in
their progress to the capital, which gave occasion to the chiefs to observe, ..."
4. Report on the Dutch Records in the Government Archives at Colombo: With by Richard Gerald Anthonisz, Ceylon Government Archivist (1907)
"Next to the Memoirs of departing Governors ought to be mentioned the Memoirs of
the Commandeurs and dissaves. Without specifying all these here, ..."
5. Ceylon: A General Description of the Island, Historical, Physical by Horatio John Suckling (1876)
"... the headmen of Matura were obliged to furnish annually thirty-four elephants,
of which four should be tuskers; and the dissaves were instructed to bribe ..."
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