Groenendael

American  

[groo-nuhn-dahl, groh-, grey-, gren-uhn-] / ˈgru nənˌdɑl, ˈgroʊ-, ˈgreɪ-, ˈgrɛn ən- /

noun

1. former name of Belgian sheepdog.

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Etymology

Origin of Groenendael

First recorded in 1920–25; after the village in Belgium where it was bred

Example Sentences

During the long winter evenings she played chess, or when summer came with long fine days, she rode with them through the forests of Scheplaken, Groenendael, and Boisfort, followed by her greyhounds.

From Project Gutenberg

Born in 1382, a year after Ruysbroeck’s death, and entering Groenendael early in the fifteenth century, he knew and talked with at least two of the great mystic’s disciples, John of Hoelaere and John of Scoonhoven.

From Project Gutenberg

It is completed by a second documentary source: the little sketch by Ruysbroeck’s intimate friend, Gerard Naghel, Prior of the Carthusian monastery of Hérines near Groenendael, which forms the prologue to our most complete MS. collection of his writings.

From Project Gutenberg

Duke of Brabant, gave to the three friends the old hermitage of Groenendael, or the Green Valley, in the forest of Soignes, near Brussels.

From Project Gutenberg

As a result of these various considerations, the simple and informal existence of the little family was re-modelled in conformity with the rule of the Augustinian Canons, and the Priory of Groenendael was formally created.

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