Etymology
Origin of birthnight
Example Sentences
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Knights gather, riding sharp for cold; I know The ways and woods are strangled with the snow; And with short song the maidens spin and sit Until Christ's birthnight, lily-like, arow.
From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
It was night at Boston, the birthnight of one of the leading events in the history of the world.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
On an altar of bark, decorated with wild flowers and lighted by fireflies, the first mass was celebrated, and the birthnight of Montreal registered.
From Famous Firesides of French Canada by Alloway, Mary Wilson
Govr gave the Gentn a very gentile entertainment at noon, and a ball at night for the ladies on the Kings birthnight, at wch was a Crowded Audience of Gentn and ladies.
From Woman's Life in Colonial Days by Holliday, Carl
Madame de Berri gave an entertainment on the birthnight of her son, and the old Duchesse d'Angoulême came from Vienna to attend it.
From At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Fuller, Arthur B.
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