Béziers

[ bey-zyey ]

noun

1. a city in S France, SW of Montpellier.

Béziers

/ bezje /

noun

1. a city in S France: scene of a massacre (1209) during the Albigensian Crusade. It is a centre of the wine trade. Pop: 69 153 (1999)

Example Sentences

The Crusaders met in large assembly, and then marched to lay siege to the city of Beziers.

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When the Pope's army arrived at a place called Beziers, the citizens were, of course, alarmed.

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We start to-morrow at six for Beziers, where we expect to find water carriage to Toulouse.

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We set off to-morrow at half-past five, in order to get into the coches d'eau at Beziers before 12 (the hour of starting).

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There, crowding yon hill, with handsome houses and churches, is Beziers—the blood-stained city.

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