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grand chain

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noun

a figure in formation dances, such as the lancers and Scottish reels, in which couples split up and move around in a circle in opposite directions, passing all other dancers until reaching their original partners

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Command to anoint Rameses, give him a grand chain and ten talents, but do not appoint him yet to command the corps in Memphis.

From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Glovatski, Alexander

It represents a golden brown grandmother, with a coiffe and a ruffle and a grand chain round her neck, and a ring on her forefinger, and a double-winged house in the background.

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss

They had already got to the grand chain.

From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas

And now, the grand chain riveted to the last link, the discreet automaton ceased, and the sixteen, two and two, took a walk among the furniture.

From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles

We see whole nations swept away from the surface of the globe, and others springing up to form the connecting link in the grand chain of nature.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

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