Definitions
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- proper n. The name of King Arthur's realm in the Matter of Britain.
- proper n. In Arthurian legend, a chivalric code throughout Camelot wherein each knight had to take an oath of courage and might, act honorably, protect the helpless, and behave justly to all.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Meliot of Logres, that is your man, the son of the lady that was slain on your account, sendeth you word that Nabigant of the
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The kingdom of Logres had been lost to the Saxons in the years after Camlann, leaving Dywel with nothing to lose in a fight save his own life.
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I am Taliesin, brother and bard to King Dywel of Logres.
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I expect Cynlas of Rhos and Dywel of Logres to arrive with their war bands.
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Now Madoc stood a little distance away with King Dywel of Logres, Cynlas of Rhos standing between the other two.
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Cynlas of Rhos and Dywel of Logres have already pledged their attendance at Ynys Mon—that is why they ride in with their war bands today.
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Indeed, the kingdom of Logres is really confined to Arthurian legend; Geoffrey of Monmouth uses the name “Loegria” to describe the territory containing most of England before it was taken by the Saxons.
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She scrambled quickly to her feet, then relaxed as she recognized the bard Taliesin, brother to Dywel of Logres, who had played for the feasting on Ynys Mon.
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Then, before she could speak, Dywel of Logres broke in.
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Thus, the head is at Logres where Arthur sits; students drink the milk of learning from the breasts of intelligo and credo in Gaul; the womb is at Byzantium, where the Emperor is found; the penis is at Jerusalem; the feet are at P'o-lu in Indonesia, beyond which is antipodean Byzantium, where rules the octopus-like headless Emperor, the perversion of all that is good.
hernesheir commented on the word Logres
A bit of Arthuriana for ye Camelot lovers.
October 27, 2011