topes
- present tense form of tope (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The ancient edifices of Chi Chen, in Central America, bear a striking resemblance to the topes of India.
Some of the topes are monolithic columns, more than forty feet high, with ornamented capitals.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman
The edifice, of which I caught a distant glimpse, was half concealed beneath the heavy, luxuriant foliage of cocoa-nut topes, arekas, plantains, and banyan trees.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
The country improves towards Dadur, topes becoming more frequent.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William
He visited the birth-places of these three Buddhas which contained topes erected in their honour.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
