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Touraine
[ too-ren; French too-ren ]
noun
- a former province in W France. : Tours.
Touraine
/ turɛn /
noun
- a former province of NW central France: at its height in the 16th century as an area of royal residences, esp along the Loire. Chief town: Tours
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Here a few remarks upon the public mind of Touraine are essential to our story.
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On rising from the card-table, I saw a Spanish grandee, an afrancesado in exile, who had been about a fortnight in Touraine.
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They have quite lost their beauty, and will soon be like what in Touraine are called "truisses."
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In 1424, the duchy of Touraine with all its dependencies, except the castellany of Chinon, had come into her possession.
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From Boulogne they went to Touraine, stopping at Chartres, most of the time lost to their friends, as they intended to be lost.
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