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Definition of Milliaries
1. milliary [n] - See also: milliary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Milliaries
Literary usage of Milliaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1885)
"... the other at Amsoldingen about three miles west of the lake of Thun.1 They
cannot be called milliaries, because the distance is marked not in thousands ..."
2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1878)
"A. a little broader than I. Tubercles of A. slightly smaller than I. both surrounded
by an irregular ring of secondaries and milliaries. ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1850)
"... others from the edition of Berlin, 1848, with the various readings of many MSS.
To these is added an account of the several Roman milliaries relating to ..."
4. Roman Roads in Britain by Thomas Codrington (1919)
"There is then no trace for six and a half miles, but fragments of two Roman
milliaries were found in 1812 when Moston Pool, two miles north of Moretón ..."
5. The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall by Joseph Hall, Philip Wynter (1863)
"It would be bootless for me to look back nt the ancient heresy of the milliaries,
as Austin calls them, to show how that gross error, which was first ..."
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