(a.) Of or relating to Brittany, or Bretagne, in France.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Brittany, or Bretagne, in France; also, the ancient language of Brittany; Armorican.
Example Sentences:
(1) They may not be Kurds or Kosovans, but they have much in common with Basques, Bretons and Catalans.
(2) He dismisses as "recycling" a pact announced by the prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault – a former Breton mayor – last month to defuse the red caps' protests, providing for €2m of investment in the region.
(3) When Claudie Le Bail joined tens of thousands of Breton "red cap" demonstrators protesting in Carhaix at the end of November to oppose regional job losses and a green tax on road freight, she took her 79-year-old mother with her.
(4) The area is part of a chain of uninhabited barrier islands in the Breton national wildlife refuge.
(5) By 6 May oil was reported as reaching the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana and Freemason Island in the Breton national wildlife refuge .
(6) Tips: Hook a mackerel and fry it for dinner just off the Cabot Trail, and learn to make Acadian potato pancakes for $22pp while savouring the cultural lore of Cape Breton.
(7) It has been highly commended in the Michelin guide and serves Breton food with a strong seafood theme.
(8) An epidemic of hepatitis B occurring in 1988 and 1989 in Cape Breton brought to light the existence of a group of "buddies" who engaged in injection drug use.
(9) 187, 227-232; Mäntele, W., Wollenweber, A., Nabedryk, E., & Breton, J.
(10) The pairing of owners Stephen Toman in the kitchen and Breton Alain Kerloc'h out front brings a superb balance of fine dining on the plate, with a fist-pumpingly rocking atmosphere.
(11) Seafood stalls are loaded with locally caught fish and fruits de mer , and look out for the excellent Breton oysters.
(12) At the foot of the hill lies the contemporary tide line of sex-sleaze – the surrealist André Breton once called it "diamantiferous mud", but nowadays it is all mud and any diamonds are paste.
(13) Earlier this year, a radio announcer in Canada set up a website inviting Americans to move to Cape Breton, population 100,000, should Trump win.
(14) She’s a locavore (where possible, she eats locally produced food) and has been recycling since the 80s, a habit learned from her Breton grandmother.
(15) Concentrations of progesterone and oestrogens were determined by radioimmunoassay in the peripheral blood of 22 Percheron and Breton breed mares from the 6th day of oestrus to the 150th day of pregnancy.
(16) This latter result is in agreement with previous photoselection studies on the same bacterial species (Vermeglio, A., Breton, J., Paillotin, G. and Cogdell, R. (1978) Biochim.
(17) The close linkage between the disease locus and several DNA markers allowed a study of the DNA restriction polymorphism pattern in 30 Breton families.
(18) But his main focus now is preparing for the second act of the revolt with a big congress in March which will formally take up Breton grievances.
(19) We have previously described a monoclonal antibody (FA6-152), obtained by immunizing mice with fetal human erythrocytes [Edelman, Vinci, Villeval, Vainchenker, Henri, Miglierina, Rouger, Reviron, Breton-Gorius, Sureau & Edelman (1986) Blood 67, 56-63].
(20) Delicious crepes and galettes , and Breton cider, are found on other stalls.
Monastery
Definition:
(n.) A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females.
Example Sentences:
(1) Typological and archaeological investigations indicate that the church building represents originally the hospital facility for the lay brothers of the monastery, which according to the chronicle of the monastery was built in the beginning of the 14th century.
(2) "Monasteries and convents face greater risks than other buildings in terms of fire safety," the article said, adding that many are built with flammable materials and located far away from professional fire brigades.
(3) It stands 25km north of Damascus, near the ancient Saydnaya monastery where Christians and Muslims have prayed together for centuries.
(4) The Ioannou family were originally fishermen, and still bring in the catch and cook it fresh to order • +30 22270 31487 Don't miss Just to the south of Limni is the monastery of Ayiou Nikolaou Galataki, set on the wooded slopes of the mountains overlooking the mainland.
(5) Neither of them - both now teenagers - lives in Tashilumpo monastery.
(6) In May, masked men abducted Syrian priest Jacques Mourad, from the Syriac Catholic Mar Elian monastery in Qaryatain, near the Isis-held ancient city of Palmyra.
(7) The latter rivalry may play an important role in social relations within and among Buddhist monasteries.
(8) This picturebook-romantic Romanesque monastery with a handful of houses attached is tucked between the faded pinks and yellows of laid-back seaside resort Camogli and chi chi Portofino, with its superyachts and Dior boutiques selling €1,000 sandals.
(9) I walked down into town from the pagoda and was enveloped in a happy crowd outside a monastery celebrating the full moon.
(10) Founded in 1088, the monastery’s fortress-like walls dominate the island’s skyline.
(11) SuperSub Monastery art, southern Serbia Facebook Twitter Pinterest Frescoes at Zica Monastery, near Kraljevo.
(12) In recent years, the maharishi, who broadcasts on a private satellite channel from a converted monastery in Vlodrop, in Holland, has proffered opinions on everything from crime to the Israel-Palestine conflict to how countries can best foster military defence.
(13) Gayed entered the El Suryan (St Mary) monastery in Egypt's remote western desert in July 1954.
(14) A vivid account of the Viking raid in 793, regarded as the first major attack in a century of terror for vulnerable monasteries and settlements along the coast, appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
(15) Palmyra – what the world has lost Read more They include “all the Christian churches in Mosul, most of the monasteries – some of the earliest Christian sites in the world”.
(16) Tisannyi monastery has caught fire "multiple times since 2009", it said.
(17) "For several years the authorities have been piling pressure on the monastery – and on monasteries in general.
(18) The International Campaign for Tibet said hundreds of Tibetans gathered at the monastery in Aba county, also known as Ngaba, believing the authorities were preparing to forcibly remove the monks for "patriotic education".
(19) Free Tibet said Choepel had been expelled from the monastery after Phuntsog's death.
(20) Once they landed, the warriors could forage with ruthless efficiency, as many a coastal community or wealthy monastery discovered.