Tuileries

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

/ ˈtwi lə riz; French twiləˈri /

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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Examples from the Web for tuileries

Is there any one about to steal the staircase of the Louvre, or the clock from the pavilion of the Tuileries?
Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II)|Charles James Lever
It afterward accompanied the three consuls to the Tuileries, and was preserved there in the large reception-room.
Louisa Of Prussia and Her Times|Louise Muhlbach
He represented that he should consider it an honor at any time to welcome the beautiful demoiselle to the palace of the Tuileries.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 25, September 17, 1870|Various
Didn't you see the troops drawn up in the streets leading to the Tuileries as you came here?
The Companions of Jehu|Alexandre Dumas, pre

I immediately went to the garden of the Tuileries, where they met until their new legislative palace should be erected.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843|Various

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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