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Definition of Melics
1. melic [n] - See also: melic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melics
Literary usage of Melics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greece from the Earliest Times to the Macedonian Conquest by Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman (1890)
"He enfranchised not only such "melics" or resident aliens as desired to take up
the citizenship of Athens, but even servile clients, ..."
2. The Progress of America, from the Discovery by Columbus to the Year 1846 by John Macgregor (1847)
"... for about two years after the " declaration of rights" was promulgated in France.
The first symptom of revolt arose among the Sans-melics or Gens de ..."
3. International Exhibition, 1876: Official Catalogue by United States Centennial Commission (1876)
"Melbourne, Penal Dcpt., Leather, 163. Melendez, Carvajal, & Co., Hats, 276.
melics, LS, Boots, 197. ..."
4. A Day in Old Athens: A Picture of Athenian Life by William Stearns Davis (1914)
"... about 200000 free persons (including the melics — resident foreigners without
citizenship); and a rather smaller number of slaves — say 150000 or less. ..."
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