Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
pedigree .
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Examples
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Nowe, this inbred desire of all nations to blaze and set foorth their owne petigree hath so much preuayled with the greater part, that leauing the vndoubted trueth, they haue betaken themselues vnto meere fables and fictions.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Finally that nothing should be wanting which might adde any grace or shew of perfection vnto this discourse of Russia; I haue prefixed before the beginning thereof, the petigree and genealogie of the Russian Emperors and Dukes, gathered out of their owne Chronicles by a Polonian, containing in briefe many notable antiquities and much knowledge of those partes as likewise about the conclusion, I haue signified in the branch of a letter the last
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Regardless of all other considerations, his size and petigree are good for a flier for that, no?
Music City Miracles August West 2010
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Nowe, this inbred desire of all nations to blaze and set foorth their owne petigree hath so much preuayled with the greater part, that leauing the vndoubted trueth, they haue betaken themselues vnto meere fables and fictions.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Finally that nothing should be wanting which might adde any grace or shew of perfection vnto this discourse of Russia; I haue prefixed before the beginning thereof, the petigree and genealogie of the Russian Emperors and Dukes, gathered out of their owne Chronicles by a Polonian, containing in briefe many notable antiquities and much knowledge of those partes as likewise about the conclusion, I haue signified in the branch of a letter the last
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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And as we setting forth her Maiesties regall petigree said in this figure of [_Single supplie.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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And as we setting forth her Maiesties regall petigree, said in this figure of [Single supplie.
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