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Escurial

American  
[e-skyoor-ee-uhl] / ɛˈskyʊər i əl /

noun

  1. Escorial.


Escurial British  
/ ɛˈskjʊərɪəl, ɛˌskjʊərɪˈɑːl /

noun

  1. a variant of Escorial

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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However, he resigned this latter position in 1921, when President Harding nominated him Ambassador to the Palace of the Escurial.

From Time Magazine Archive

In spite of superficial resemblances, she was the very opposite of her most dangerous enemy�the weaving spider of the Escurial.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among the former, whom should I recognize, to my infinite surprise and astonishment, but my faithful guide to Segovia and the Escurial.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

National Assembly promotes a peaceful Adjustment of the Dispute.—Convention between Spain and Great Britain signed at the Escurial, Oct.

From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Twiss, Travers

Both these terms have a recognised meaning in the language of treaties, of a far wider extent than that to which Mr. Rush sought to limit the language of the Convention of the Escurial.

From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Twiss, Travers

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