Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, same as
fracted .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Her.) Broken, as an ordinary; cut off, or broken at the top, as a chevron, a bend, or the like.
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- adjective heraldry Broken, as an
ordinary ; cut off, or broken at the top, as achevron , abend , etc.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Il faut etre rompu du monde, which can only be done by an extensive, various, and almost universal acquaintance.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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A Montreal antiquary, Mr.P. S. Murphy, has unearthed a sentence pronounced at Montreal in the good old Bourbon times, 6th June, 1752, which shows that the terrible punishment of "breaking alive" (rompu vif) was in force under the French _régime_.
Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 1868
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A ses yeux loin d'avoir rompu le tours naturel des evenements, ni la Revolution d'Angleterre, ni la notre, n'ont rien dit, rien fait, qui n'eut ete dit, souhaite, fait, on tente cent fois avant leur explosion.
Lectures on Modern history John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton 1868
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A ses yeux loin d'avoir rompu le cours naturel des évènements, ni la
A Lecture on the Study of History John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton 1868
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In speaking of the mode of marriage called pariam, which, like the jujur, n'est autre chose qu'un achat que le mari fait de sa femme, he says, le mari doit aussi fournir le tali, petit joyau d'or, qu'il attache avec un cordon au col de la fille; c'est la derniere ceremonie; elle donne la sanction au marriage, qui ne peut plus etre rompu des que le tali est attache.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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'Il faut etre rompu du monde', which can only be done by an extensive, various, and almost universal acquaintance.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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'Il faut etre rompu du monde', which can only be done by an extensive, various, and almost universal acquaintance.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1751 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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_pièce de circonstance_, by Dufresny the poet, entitled _Le Mariage fait et rompu_, in allusion to the marriage of Madame de Pompadour with M. d'Etioles.
International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various
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