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Definition of Posada
1. an inn [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Posada
Literary usage of Posada
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mexico as I Saw it by Alec-Tweedie (Ethel) (1901)
"CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS AND MADAME DIAZ* posada. CHRISTMAS festivities in Mexico begin
nine days before the twenty-fifth of December, and end on New Year's Day. ..."
2. The Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art by John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell (1843)
"... leaving him now staring a the passport and now at myself, I went into a posada,
to which I was directed by a beggar whom I met. " National.—Caballero ! ..."
3. Spain Revisited by Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (1836)
"... Domestic History—Choice of a Wife—The Dying Officer—The King of Terrors in a
Spanish posada. HAVING seen a pompous account, in the Madrid Gazette, ..."
4. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1835)
"posada at Merida. Monday, Dec. 3rd, 1787. THE marshal and the abade breakfasted
with me, but the rain prevented my taking another walk about the ..."
5. Life in Mexico During a Residence of Two Years in that Country (1843)
"... Travelling —General Aspect of the country— Village of Santa Clara—Robbers'
House — Temples of the Sun and Moon — San Juan — Mexican posada—School- house ..."
6. Southern France Including Corsica: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1907)
"... posada) is situated in the valley famous for the defeat of Charlemagne's
rearguard in 773, and the death of Roland, better known in poetry than in ..."
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