comes
noun
comites
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pluralof comes.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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To the comites, who, according to Tacitus, attached themselves to the fortunes of the Germanic chiefs, succeeded the Merovingian leudes, whose assembly formed the King's Council.
From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob
There is a parody on this piece of Catullus by the celebrated Huet, Bishop of Avranches— “Bocharti comites cohors inanis.” &c.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
The ulnar nerve lies at its ulnar side, and the venæ comites accompany the artery.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
He signed to one of the "comites," whom he was accustomed to call his "chief hangman," and the man blew a long modulated note.
From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Thus the titles of feudal lords were retained—duce, comites, equites, milites—with, all the paraphernalia of brute force which the harsh mind of northern despotism had made divine.
From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Augustus J. Thebaud
