Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stage-box; a box in the proscenium-arch.
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Examples
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One of the illustrious patrons of the Museum Theatre, and occupant of the great proscenium-box, was a gentleman whose name has been mentioned in a previous history; that refined patron of the arts, and enlightened lover of music and the drama, the Most
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Her portrait gazed in portentously from the hall; her marble bust gleamed from a distant corner; and she herself, the most resplendent person present, sat in a chair of state placed like a proscenium-box, and critically observed the performance.
Quin Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906
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Night found him in the proscenium-box at the theater, beaming upon the audience, except when he turned vociferously to applaud Eleanor's exits and entrances.
Quin Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906
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They all stood up and, smiling up at the left-hand proscenium-box, saluted the British ambassador, Sir Francis Bertie, with long and enthusiastic applause.
Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them Arthur Ruhl 1905
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Fancy them driving in an open carriage through the park, or entering a proscenium-box at the opera!
Samuel Brohl and Company Victor Cherbuliez 1864
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One of the illustrious patrons of the Museum Theatre, and occupant of the great proscenium-box, was a gentleman whose name has been mentioned in a previous history; that refined patron of the arts, and enlightened lover of music and the drama, the Most Noble the Marquis of Steyne.
The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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a miserable slave wearing her chains nightly in the left-hand proscenium-box.
Mademoiselle Olympe Zabriski Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1871
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