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Definition of Maravedis
1. maravedi [n] - See also: maravedi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maravedis
Literary usage of Maravedis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Compilation of Spanish and Mexican Law, in Relation to Mines, and Titles by John Arnold Rockwell (1851)
"For ploughing a whole day,each team, 10 maravedis. For getting in the vintage,
a man and ass, 7. A domestic servant, 100 maravedis per annum ; a female ..."
2. Documents Relating to the Question of Boundary Between Venezuela and British by Venezuela (1896)
"So that it remains in favor of His Majesty, out of the present confiscation,
eighty-five dollars two reals and twenty-five and a quarter maravedis, ..."
3. Archiv Für Reformationsgeschichte: Archive for Reformation History by Verein für Reformationsgeschichte (1905)
"Und allen den obengenannten Beamten sollen die folgenden Gehälter gegeben werden:
Einem jeden der Inquisitoren 60000 maravedis in jedem Jahre. ..."
4. Report and Accompanying Papers of the Commission Appointed by the President (1896)
"quarter maravedis, making in all eighty-four reals and twenty-three maravedis,
say two thousand eight hundred sixty-nine and a quarter maravedis. ..."
5. Chapters from the Religious History of Spain Connected with the Inquisition by Henry Charles Lea (1890)
"Even the Indexes themselves are taxed—that of 1559 at one real, that of 1583 at
5 maravedis the pliego, that of 1640 at the same. ..."
6. The North American Arithmetic by Frederick Emerson (1851)
"Thus 17 maravedis of old plate are equal to 32 maravedis vellon; ... The real of
new plate is double the real vellon; therefore 34 maravedis of new plate ..."
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