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pre-Conquest

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[pree-kon-kwest, -kong-] / priˈkɒn kwɛst, -ˈkɒŋ- /
  1. of or relating to the time before the Norman conquest of England in 1066.


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Eight paintings from the full set are now in Madrid's Museo de América, Europe’s finest collection of Spanish Colonial and pre-Conquest art.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2017

Eight paintings from the full set of 16 are in Madrid's Museo de América, the finest collection of Spanish Colonial and pre-Conquest art in Europe.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2015

This is by far the biggest, most wonderful city of pre-Conquest America.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some of greatest pre-Conquest poetry associated with name of Cynewulf.

From Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days by Hickey, Emily

At Exeter, in 1276, in reply to a writ of quo warranto, it was satisfactorily shown that the rights of the city, its fee-farm rent and its farms, dated from pre-Conquest days.

From Exeter by Haslehust, E. W.

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