Richelieu

[ rish-uh-loo; French reeshuh-lyœ ]

noun

1. Armand Jean du Ples·sis [a, r, -, mahn, zhah, n, d, y, ple-, see], Duc de, 1585–1642, French cardinal and statesman.
2. a river in SE Canada, in Quebec, flowing N from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence. 210 miles (340 km) long.

Richelieu

/ riʃəljø; ˈrɪʃəˌljɜː /

noun

1. RichelieuArmand Jean du Plessis15851642MFrenchPOLITICS: statesmanRELIGION: cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis (armɑ̃ ʒɑ̃ dy plɛsi). 1585–1642, French statesman and cardinal, principal minister to Louis XIII and virtual ruler of France (1624–42). He destroyed the power of the Huguenots and strengthened the crown in France and the role of France in Europe

Example Sentences

When Father Antoine utters this prophecy the child is already born who will grow up to become Cardinal Richelieu, the Red Eminence.

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He conspired against Richelieu, to whom he was indebted for much of his good fortune, and to whose resentment he fell a victim.

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He was taken up for dead; and Richelieu and the Cardinal conjured me to hush the affair.

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In the rue Richelieu period he was the lover of Heloise Brisetout.

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Father Griffet does his utmost to persuade us that Cardinal Richelieu wrote a bad book.

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Cardinal Richelieu's "Political Testament" is not that of a polite man.

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