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Definition of Encampments
1. encampment [n] - See also: encampment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encampments
Literary usage of Encampments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Continental Legal History Series by Association of American Law Schools (1915)
"The March encampments (" Champs de Mars "), and the May encampments ... The assembly
of the March encampments never met except when convoked by the king; ..."
2. History of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons by Henry Leonard Stillson (1890)
"Grand encampments consist of their officers, the Past Grand, and Deputy Grand
Masters, ... Grand encampments to be held once each year and subject ..."
3. The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine by Edward Hungerford Goddard, Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (1878)
"But were these earthworks intended as military encampments, or as sites for
religious purposes, or, according to the views of some antiquaries, as combining ..."
4. Roman Antiquities: Or an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans ...by Alexander Adam, James Boyd, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte by Alexander Adam, James Boyd, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte (1842)
"THE discipline of the Romans was chiefly conspicuous in their marches and encampments.
They never passed anight, even in the longest marches, ..."
5. The Freemason's Monitor, Or, Illustrations of Masonry: In Two Parts by Thomas Smith Webb (1818)
"2, Th« state grand encampments shall severally consist of a grand master, deputy
grand master, grand generalissimo, grand captain general, grand prelate, ..."
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