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Mechlin

American  
[mek-lin] / ˈmɛk lɪn /

noun

  1. Flemish Mechelen. French Malines. a city in N Belgium.

  2. Mechlin lace.


Mechlin British  
/ ˈmɛklɪn /

noun

  1. the English name for Mechelen

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Because he had just sold his place to Mr. Mechlin, intending to locate here.

From The Squatter and the Don by C. Loyal

Next to Manning comes Dechamps of Mechlin; but as the Pope has named him primate, which is indeed a mere title, he is thought here to have had his reward.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von D?llinger

Later, August 24, 1909, the Congregation granted and approved an Office and Mass of Blessed John Ruysbroeck for the Mechlin clergy.

From A Mediaeval Mystic A Short Account of the Life and Writings of Blessed John Ruysbroeck, Canon Regular of Groenendael A.D. 1293-1381 by Vincent Scully

With John of Goch at Mechlin, and John Wesel whom they expelled from Paris, I have heard it was just the same.

From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Elizabeth Rundle Charles

Yielding to representations and entreaties from many quarters, James Roonen, Archbishop of Mechlin, ordered another translation of the remains, November 1622.

From A Mediaeval Mystic A Short Account of the Life and Writings of Blessed John Ruysbroeck, Canon Regular of Groenendael A.D. 1293-1381 by Vincent Scully

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