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Definition of Richelieu
1. Noun. French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642).
Generic synonyms: Archpriest, Hierarch, High Priest, Prelate, Primate, National Leader, Solon, Statesman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Richelieu
Literary usage of Richelieu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"richelieu then exaggerated his fiscal exigencies in regard to the clergy; ...
richelieu refused to receive the nuncio (October, 1639); a decree of the royal ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Subsequently, richelieu gave satisfaction to the pope when on 7 December, 1629,
he obtained a retraction from the Gallican Edmond Richer, syndic of the ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"It would be a mistake to see in this war that richelieu waged against the Huguenots
an example of religious intolerance, for although this would have been ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"It would be a mistake to see in this war that richelieu waged against the Huguenots
an example of religious intolerance, for although this would have been ..."
5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"BIBLIOGRAPHY: The first place in authority will be taken by Mémoire» du Cardinal
de richelieu, Publie» d'après le» manuscrit» originaux pour la société de ..."
6. Southern Literary Messenger by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1839)
"No successor to richelieu! Round me thrones totter! dynasties dissolve ! ...
richelieu. Ay, Sire, for in one moment there did pass Into this wither'd frame ..."