Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A measure of land used in Cuba, equal to 33.1 acres, being a little less than the Castilian zugada. There is a Mexican cavalleria of 131 acres.
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Examples
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ISLA, Regla de la Orden y cavalleria de Santiago (Antwerp, 1598);
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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For heroes of the genuine cavalleria type, plumed, doubleted, pumpt and magnificent, give me Dumas; for good folks and true, the great American
The Delicious Vice Young Ewing Allison 1892
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Honor de cavalleria (2006), his rendition of the story of Don Quixote.
The Evening Class 2008
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Albert Serra's Honor de cavalleria and Todd Rohal's The Guatemalan Handshake have both done quite well at the Torino Film Festival.
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y cavalleria de Montesa (Valencia, 1573); LAFUENTE, Hist.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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