Richelieu
Americannoun
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Armand Jean du Plessis Duc de, 1585–1642, French cardinal and statesman.
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a river in SE Canada, in Quebec, flowing N from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence. 210 miles (340 km) long.
noun
Example Sentences
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To kill some time before cocktail hour, I visited the free Richelieu Library, where I joined other tourists peering into the Labrouste Room, canopied with a Byzantine-inspired nine-dome ceiling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Eventually, they discovered on their intranet system that “Jikji” was locked away in a basement vault in the old Richelieu branch in central Paris.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
“Danton’s Death” isn’t the first misfire on the biggest of the Comédie-Française’s three stages, the Salle Richelieu, since the company’s return from its pandemic-enforced break.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
The institution is one of France’s oldest and was founded in 1635 by the powerful politician Cardinal Richelieu, who sought to centralize the functions of the French state.
From The Verge ● May 31, 2022
A trace of a sardonic smile was all the recognition I got when we passed in the courtyard outside the massive Salle Richelieu of the Sorbonne.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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