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Definition of Retrait
1. n. A portrait; a likeness.
Definition of Retrait
1. Noun. (obsolete) A picture or other visual representation. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete form of retreat) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retrait
1. retraict [n -S] - See also: retraict
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrait
Literary usage of Retrait
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Borough Customs by Mary Bateson (1906)
"After the ' acate' or ' retrait' had been asked, no costs were allowed for
expenditure incurred upon the land by the first purchaser, but he recovered the ..."
2. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1906)
"After the ' acate ' or ' retrait ' had been asked, no costs were allowed for
expenditure incurred upon the land by the first purchaser, but he recovered the ..."
3. The Seigniorial System in Canada: A Study in French Colonial Policy by William Bennett Munro (1907)
"By some of the other French customs, seigniors were allowed to exercise the droit
de retrait over transfers of land within their seigniories ; and it would ..."
4. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"... and second and third Blast of retrait, 1580. 131. 13s. Heber, 91. ... A second
and third Blast of retrait from Plaies and Theaters. ..."
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