Rais

[ res; French res ]

/ rɛs; French rɛs /

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noun

Gilles de. Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.

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Words nearby Rais

rainwear, rainy, rainy day, Rainy Lake, Raipur, Rais, raise, raise a hand against, raise an objection, raise a stink, raise Cain

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How to use Rais in a sentence

The rais house was a typical sample of the ordinary mountain cabin; walled with rough stone rubble, and floored with beaten earth.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
Gilles de Rais met with a well-deserved end: in 1440 he was hanged and burnt.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements|Nesta H. Webster
Fond impious man, thinks thou yon sanguine cloud,Rais'd by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day?
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886|Ministry of Education
Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886|Ministry of Education

The Structure consists but of one Floor, on which are rais'd six large Pavilions, viz.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz

British Dictionary definitions for Rais

Rais

Retz

/ (French res) /

noun

Gilles de (ʒil də). 1404–40, French nobleman who fought with Joan of Arc: marshal of France (1429–40). He was executed for the torture and murder of more than 140 children

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