maravedi
Americannoun
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maravedis
plural
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a former gold coin issued by the Moors in Spain.
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a former minor copper coin of Spain, discontinued in 1848.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of maravedi
1530–40; < Spanish maravedí, from Arabic Murābitīn the Almoravids ( def. ); see marabout
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Poor Ojeda could not raise another maravedi, and as nobody would stake him, the duel was off.
From South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure by Cyrus Townsend Brady
Neither groat nor maravedi Have I got my soul to bless; And I’d feel extremely seedy, Languishing in vile duresse.
From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Richard Doyle
The agreement was signed April 17, 1492, and with tears of joy Columbus vowed to devote every maravedi that should come to him to the rescue of the Holy Sepulchre.
From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by John Fiske
Suppose I were to take Zillah to wife—the old rascal would not give me a maravedi.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Mrs. S. C. Hall
A sad termination for such a welcome beginning, for the two unhappy creatures, Juan and Maria, had neither maravedi nor cuarto in the money box!
From First Love (Little Blue Book #1195) And Other Fascinating Stories of Spanish Life by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
The payment presented at Madrid’s city hall in medieval Spain’s currency consists of 50 maravedis, as stated in an agreement between the city and shepherds that dates back to 1418.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2022
The gaunt Genoese captain promises an annual pension of 25,000 maravedis to the man who first sights land, and Lepe is the lucky fellow.
From Time Magazine Archive
Above all, he must be charitable, and by two maravedis given cheerfully to the poor he shall display as much generosity as the rich man who bestows large alms by sound of bell.
From Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
"No alteration took place during his reign; and the Burgundian establishment, which in 1562 involved an annual charge of a hundred and fifty-six millions of maravedis, was continued by his successor."
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by William Hickling Prescott
On arriving at Olias the king sent the two brothers, in recompense of their good service, a deed of gift of seventy thousand maravedis of annual revenue.
From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Nathaniel Armstrong Wells
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