Lyons
[ljuŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land.
(noun.) the council in 1274 that effected a temporary reunion of the Greek Orthodox with the Roman Catholic Church.
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Examples
- A lathe on which was formed wood screws is described in a work of Jacques Besson, published at Lyons, France, in 1582. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- You get husky bread and sour drink by it; and he gets sausage of Lyons, veal in savoury jelly, white bread, strachino cheese, and good wine by it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In 1593 Serviere, a Frenchman, born in Lyons, invented the rotary pump. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Sirmium (on the River Save), Milan, Lyons, and Nicomedia (in Bithynia) were among such supplementary capitals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Jacquard, a native of Lyons, conceived the plan of his great invention in the last decade of the Eighteenth Century, and on December 28, 1801, took out French patent No. 245, on the same. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Or so--like Lyons sausage,' said John Baptist, demonstrating the various cuts on the bread he held, and soberly chewing what he had in his mouth. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The Marquis de Jouffroy's steam-boat, which was 145 feet long, was tried on the Soane, near Lyons, with good promise of success. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I have been doing odds and ends at Avignon, at Pont Esprit, at Lyons; upon the Rhone, upon the Saone. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I suspect that this was the same place the gardener's son deceived the Lady of Lyons with, but I do not know. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Lyons is very distant, both from the places which afford the materials of its manufactures, and from those which consume them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Lyons velvets rank higher in America than those of Genoa. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was then demolished by a mob and its inventor reviled, but it afterward became the pride of Lyons and the means of its renown and wealth in the weaving of silks of rich designs. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Robinson