Maintenon

[ mantuh-nawn ]

/ mɛ̃təˈnɔ̃ /

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noun

Marquise de Françoise d'Aubigné, 1635–1719, second wife of Louis XIV.

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Words nearby Maintenon

maintainor, maintenance, maintenance and cure, maintenance-free, maintenance of membership, Maintenon, maintop, main-topgallant, main-topgallantmast, main-topmast, main-topsail

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How to use Maintenon in a sentence

Madame de Maintenon retird to St. Cyr, and there she always dwelt till she died.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
Such was the man to whom the best days of Madame de Maintenon were devoted; and she shared his confidence to the last.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII|John Lord
This placed Madame de Maintenon--for she went by this title--in a false position.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII|John Lord
It was deemed by Madame de Maintenon a means of grace to the King,--for in her way she always sought his conversion.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII|John Lord

The persecution of the Protestants, however, partially reveals the narrow intolerance of Madame de Maintenon.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII|John Lord

British Dictionary definitions for Maintenon

Maintenon

/ (French mɛ̃tnɔ̃) /

noun

Marquise de, title of Françoise d'Aubigné. 1635–1719, the mistress and, from about 1685, second wife of Louis XIV

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