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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
pyramis .
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Plus, we know that most Spanish cities were founded on living "Mayan" cities, the big stone cathedrals built from pyramides that were demolished in some cathedrals you can still see some bricks with Mayan carvings on them, and so on.
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As a many time vistor I view a change in the Eiffel Tower the same as redoing the pyramides.
A Plan to Temporarily Alter Eiffel Tower’s Silhouette - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Vltra Nilum pyramides visuntur stupendae altitudinis, ut ante memoravimus.
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Deinde Memphis, regia quondam: juxta quam pyramides, regum sepulchra.
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Comani faciunt magnum tumulum super defunctum et erigunt ei statuam versa facie ad orientem, tenentem ciphum in manu sua ante vmbelicum; fabricant et diuitibus pyramides, id est domunculas acutas: et alicubi vidi magnas turres de tegulis coctis: alicubi lapideas domos, quamuis lapides non inueniantur ibi.
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Comani faciunt magnum tumulum super defunctum et erigunt ei statuam versa facie ad orientem, tenentem ciphum in manu sua ante vmbelicum; fabricant et diuitibus pyramides, id est domunculas acutas: et alicubi vidi magnas turres de tegulis coctis: alicubi lapideas domos, quamuis lapides non inueniantur ibi.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Idem, Hist. des pyramides de Quito (Paris, 1751); Humboldt, Relación hist.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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"A la campagne -- le desert -- les pyramides!" returned the Nubian, at the same time banging the lattice to in order to prevent the possibility of any further conversation.
Ziska Marie Corelli 1889
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Thus of Greek words we have the following: ‘pyramis’ and ‘pyramides’, forms often employed by
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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Sainte Trinité, dans les trois faces de ces pyramides.
The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) George Warburton 1836
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