Definition of Portesses

1. portess [n] - See also: portess

Lexicographical Neighbors of Portesses

porter
porter's beer
porterage
porterages
portered
porteress
porteresses
porterhouse
porterhouse steak
porterhouses
portering
porterly
porters
portess
portesse
portesses (current term)
portfire
portfires
portfolio
portfolios
porthole
portholed
portholelike
portholes
porthors
porthos
porthoses
portia tree
portico
porticoed

Literary usage of Portesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1809)
"... portesses, and breviaries. For there was never greater disagreement among the relators of any story, than among the relators of that. ..."

2. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1809)
"... portesses, and breviaries. For there was never greater disagreement among the relators of any story, than among the relators of that. ..."

3. The University of Cambridge by James Bass Mullinger (1884)
"... before the Conquest •In 1534 the Upper House of the Convocation of Canterbury considered the question of correcting and reforming portesses, mi.ital*, ..."

4. The Christian Baptist by Alexander Campbell (1828)
"For what varieties have they, and what alterations have they made, not onely of their service-books, portesses, and breviarios, but also of their Latine ..."

5. Old Bibles: An Account of the Early Versions of the English Bible by John Read Dore (1888)
"... and what alterations have they made, not onely of their Service books, portesses and Breviaries, but also of their Latine Translation ? ..."

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