noun
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As soon as this was established, many sorts of crime became unknown in Lacedaemon.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Stewart, Aubrey
But an insult to Lacedaemon is an insult to all Greece, and every loyal Greek will hasten to avenge it.
From Hero Tales by Baldwin, James
And even while she spoke, one of my own ships, came sailing into the harbor, bringing trusted heralds whom the elders of Lacedaemon had sent to me.
From Hero Tales by Baldwin, James
Ignorant of that event, Philopoemen advanced to the Barbosthenes, a mountain ten miles from Lacedaemon.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus
And yet it is remarkable that both Lacedaemon and the South, as compared with their respective rivals, started in life at an immense advantage, and seemingly with a far more auspicious prospect before them.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 by Various
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