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Definition of Mourning ring
1. Noun. A ring worn as a memorial to a dead person.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mourning Ring
Literary usage of Mourning ring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1826)
"to Mrs. Lucy Porter, Mrs. Johnson's daughter; but she having declined to accept
of it, he had it enamelled as a mourning ring for his old master, ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1888)
"In the possession of Mr. Fortnum is a mourning ring of Queen Anne, the bezel of
which is formed as a coffin, containing a mat of the Queen's hair, ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1832)
"“To his Grace the Duke of Albemarle and her Grace the Duchess, each of them a
mourning ring, with my most humble desire that they would be pleased to accept ..."
4. The Antiquary (1888)
"In the same collection is a gold mourning ring, mounted in letters of gold on black
... In the possession of Mr. Fortnum is a mourning ring of Queen Anne, ..."
5. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year by New-York Historical Society (1905)
"I leave to my beloved mother my chased gold watch, my picture and a mourning
ring; to my dear father my gold shoe buckles and a mourning ring; ..."
6. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1826)
"to Mrs. Lucy Porter, Mrs. Johnson's daughter; but she having declined to accept
of it, he had it enamelled as a mourning ring for his old master, ..."
7. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1888)
"In the possession of Mr. Fortnum is a mourning ring of Queen Anne, the bezel of
which is formed as a coffin, containing a mat of the Queen's hair, ..."
8. The Gentleman's Magazine (1832)
"“To his Grace the Duke of Albemarle and her Grace the Duchess, each of them a
mourning ring, with my most humble desire that they would be pleased to accept ..."
9. The Antiquary (1888)
"In the same collection is a gold mourning ring, mounted in letters of gold on black
... In the possession of Mr. Fortnum is a mourning ring of Queen Anne, ..."
10. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year by New-York Historical Society (1905)
"I leave to my beloved mother my chased gold watch, my picture and a mourning
ring; to my dear father my gold shoe buckles and a mourning ring; ..."
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