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Definition of Maters
1. mater [n] - See also: mater
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maters
Literary usage of Maters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bradford's History "of Plimoth Plantation.": From the Original Manuscript by William Bradford, Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State (1899)
"But it was ye Lord which upheld them, and had beforehand prepared them; many
having long borne ye yoake, yea from their youth. Many other smaler maters I ..."
2. The Diary of Mr. James Melvill, 1556-1601 by James Melville (1829)
"nat mynd in our maters of the Kirk, ... fould nocht mell with maters of ...
fortes wald mak maters to go ..."
3. Letters and Papers of John Shillingford, Mayor of Exeter 1447-50 by John Shillingford (1871)
"XXXV. THE BISHOP'S ARTICLES AGAINST THE CITY TO PROVE THAT THE BISHOP'S FEE is
DISTINCT AND SEPARATE FROM THE CITY. These maters ..."
4. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1898)
"... that all & euery of the same maters was contrary to the custome of the same
manor, ... not to haue ony of those maters by the custome of the seid manor, ..."
5. Bradford's History "of Plimoth Plantation." by William Bradford, Massachusetts General Court (1899)
"Many other smaler maters I omite, sundrie of them having been allready published
in a ... maters ..."
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