Tuileries

[ twee-luh-reez; French tweeluh-ree ]

/ ˈtwi lə riz; French twiləˈri /

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noun

a former royal palace in Paris: begun by Catherine de Médicis in 1564; burned by supporters of the Commune in 1871. The gardens that formed part of the palace grounds remain as a public park (Tuileries Gardens ).

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How to use Tuileries in a sentence

Arriving at the Valentino show in the Jardin des Tuileries is like attending a film premiere.
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The king and queen had already been torn from their palaces at Versailles, and were virtually prisoners in the Tuileries.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
The royal family, imprisoned in the Tuileries, were each day drinking of the cup of humiliation to its lowest dregs.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
Beyond the faade of the hotel the gardens of the Tuileries were sleeping in the warm night.
A Butterfly on the Wheel|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

Mrs. Admaston's sitting-room at the Htel des Tuileries was a large and beautiful apartment, one of the best in the hotel.
A Butterfly on the Wheel|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
The black masses—the black, blotted masses—of the trees in the Tuileries gardens cut into the sky-line.
A Butterfly on the Wheel|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

British Dictionary definitions for Tuileries

Tuileries

/ (ˈtwiːlərɪ, French tɥilri) /

noun

a former royal residence in Paris: begun in 1564 by Catherine de' Medici and burned in 1871 by the Commune; site of the Tuileries Gardens (a park near the Louvre)

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