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Definition of Trent
1. Noun. A river in central England that flows generally northeastward to join with the Ouse River and form the Humber.
2. Noun. A city in northern Italy (northwest of Venice) on the River Adige; the site of the Council of Trent.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Trentino-alto Adige
Definition of Trent
1. Proper noun. A less common form of '''Trento''', the city. ¹
2. Proper noun. A river that rises in Staffordshire and flows to join the Ouse and form the Humber estuary. ¹
3. Proper noun. An English and Scottish topographic surname for someone who lived near any of the rivers of that name. ¹
4. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) derived from the surname. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trent
Literary usage of Trent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The council of trent, as we know, ordered that the official books ... After the
Council of trent.—The numerous important decrees made by the council of ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"As the Edict of Worms had been dated the same day as Charles' alliance with Leo
X, so this summons to the Council of trent followed speedily on the ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"trent, Canada, a river discharging into Lake Ontario through the Bay of Quinte.
... trent, England, a river rising in Staffordshire, and flowing in a ..."
4. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1878)
"The Spanish bishops were remaining patiently at trent. ... His Holiness's summons
to the council had invited them not to Bologna, but to trent, ..."
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