Escorial

American  

[e-skawr-ee-uhl, -skohr-, es-kaw-ryahl] / ɛˈskɔr i əl, -ˈskoʊr-, ˌɛs kɔˈryɑl /

noun

1. a building in central Spain, 27 miles (43 km) NW of Madrid, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Spanish sovereigns: erected 1563–84.

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Escorial British  

/ ˌɛskɒrɪˈɑːl, ɛˈskɔːrɪəl /

noun

1. a village in central Spain, northwest of Madrid: site of an architectural complex containing a monastery, palace, and college, built by Philip II between 1563 and 1584

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Example Sentences

Spain in the 16th and early 17th centuries ruled over Flanders and large parts of present-day Italy, and both kings called on foreign painters to decorate the palaces of Madrid and El Escorial.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2016

Victoria Gibney, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain I am married to a Tibetan lady who calls me nyingdu-la.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2013

On Don Juan’s magnificent tomb in El Escorial is a Latin inscription: “For the memory thereof is immortal.”

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2013

Philip’s gray granite palace, the Escorial, had massive walls and huge gates that demonstrated his power.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

In the morning I had breakfast in the dining-car and watched the rock and pine country between Avila and Escorial.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway