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palais

American  
[pa-le] / paˈlɛ /

noun

  • palais
    plural
  1. French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.


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His fall/winter 2017 runway show unfolded around a life-size rocket that just nudged the atrium of the grand palais, as if it was ready to break the ceiling.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2017

The palais is a manic fusion of biblical characters, animal gatherings, Egyptian tombs, stucco arches, grottos, fairies, fountains, popular sayings and classical columns.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2016

The informal palais de justice was run by a softly-spoken former jihadi fighter with a long grey beard called Abdesslam Sharif.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2013

He came from a musical background; his grandfather led a brass band and his father played in brass bands and ran a palais band.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2013

Maire du palais, he intimidated by the presence of a weak and degraded monarch, the discouraged royalists and the restrained republicans.

From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by H. T. Ryde

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