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Definition of Grottos
1. grotto [n] - See also: grotto
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grottos
Literary usage of Grottos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1824)
"In another part of this work, we shall point out and occasionally describe at
length the most remarkable caverns and grottos of our globe; but we must here ..."
2. A Classical Tour Through Italy by John Chetwode Eustace (1818)
"... who have chosen to live under ground; even the polished Romans themselves seem
sometimes to have preferred grottos to their palaces*, and gloomy dells. ..."
3. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1849)
"Now sacred grottos occupied an important place among the holy things of the Buddha
religion; and in modern times such monuments of ..."
4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1852)
"ellers who visit Naples feel an interest in seeing it. Unfortunately, like some
other grottos, ... grottos ..."
5. History of Mediaeval Art by Franz von Reber (1887)
"The development of the isolated support is more readily followed in the viharas
than in the chaitya grottos. As in Egypt, the treatment of the shaft results ..."
6. History and Present Condition of the Barbary States: Comprehending a View of by Michael Russell (1835)
"... and grottos—Cyrene — Details hy Herodotus—War with K^ypt — Successes of the
Persians—Form of Government - Cyrene subject to l'^ypt— IV1•in:. ..."
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