Did you perhaps mean one of these? captives, caution, cautions, cautious
Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- The name of an order (Orden de la Merced) established in Barcelona, Spain, by San Pedro Nolasco (1189–1256) for the purpose of liberating the Christian captives from the Saracens. It was confirmed by Pope Gregory IX. (1230).
- The name given to a fund established at a later date among Spanish Jews, having for its object the ransom of their brethren captured by Mohammedan pirates under Barbarossa.
Examples
“-- "En el despojo de la Batalla se vieron muchas ricas corazas e capacetes, e barberas de las que se habian perdido en el Axarquia, e otras muchas armas, e algunes fueron conocidas de sus duenos que las habian dejado por fuir, e otras fueron conocidas, que eran mui senaladas de hombres principales que habian quedado muertos e cautivos, i fueron tornados muchos de los mismos Caballos con sus ricas sillas, de los que quedaron en la Axerquia, e fueron concidos cuios eran.”
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