Avignon
[,ævi:n'jəuŋ]
Definition
(noun.) a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism.
Typed by Ethan--From WordNet
Examples
- Many of the cardinals were of French origin, and their habits and associations were rooted deep at Avignon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- May be his sister is worse at Avignon, and has sent for him over. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Was it from Avignon? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I have been doing odds and ends at Avignon, at Pont Esprit, at Lyons; upon the Rhone, upon the Saone. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Typist: Mabel