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Trèves

British  
/ trɛv /

noun

  1. the French name for Trier

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Egbert, Archbishop of Trèves, and known as the Codex Egberti.

From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William

Coblentz, a town situated on the confluence of the Moselle and the Rhine, in the states of the Elector of Trèves, had become the capital of the French emigrés.

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

The dominant glory of the Moselle region is Trèves.

From A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes by Jephson, Harriet Julia Campbell, Lady

The Landgrave of Hesse, the Elector of Trèves, and the Duke of Neuburg readily accepted the protection of France.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter

Compare this, which dates from the seventh century, with a similar L in the Ada-Codex in the Town Library at Trèves, No. 22.

From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William

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