Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plural of meris.

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  • noun Plural form of meride.

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Examples

  • It enumerates six plots of land -- 'merides' it calls them, from a Greek word meaning 'share' or 'division' -- which seem to have formed one parcel: each plot is numbered, and the length of its frontage on the public way (_in fronte_), the name of its lessee or _manceps_ and that of his surety (_fideiussor_) are added.

    Ancient Town-Planning 1889

  • OmiiTis deinde differtationibus continuatae et finitae fuerunt Ephe - merides Gaittererianae hoc titulo: Hiftorijches §four - 'na/(Goecting.

    Bibliotheca historica 1782

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