Escurial
Americannoun
noun
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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
The other breed, called Escurial, has longer legs, with a long, spare neck and head; very little wool on the latter; and a finer, shorter, and softer character in its fleece, but less in quantity.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert
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
ESCORIAL, or Escurial, in Spain, one of the most remarkable buildings in Europe, comprising at once a convent, a church, a palace and a mausoleum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Codd. 226-233 are in the Escurial, described by D. G. Moldenhawer, who collated them about 1783, loosely enough, for Birch's edition.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
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