La Chaise

American  

[la shez] / la ˈʃɛz /

noun

1. Père François d'Aix de 1624–1709, French Roman Catholic priest: confessor to Louis XIV.

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Example Sentences

Opened in 1804, the 110-acre cemetery — named after Louis XIV’s confessor, the Rev. François de La Chaise d’Aix — perches on a hillside peering down at central Paris.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2022

In the apartment’s office, pride of place is given to Charles and Ray Eames’s late 1940s La Chaise in white plastic.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022

Pere La Chaise and Montmartre are cemeteries where familiar names are recorded on tombstones and mausoleums.

From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Hunt, Eleonora

“Indeed, had I been in your aunt’s place I would have done so long ago,” declared Mrs. La Chaise who had always disliked the girl.

From A Daughter of the Union by Madison, Lucy Foster

It was his first appearance anywhere since the afternoon in Novelli's studio when he had shown his opera to La Chaise and Paula.

From Mary Wollaston by Webster, Henry Kitchell