Definition of Portoises

1. Noun. (plural of portoise) ¹

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Definition of Portoises

1. portoise [n] - See also: portoise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Portoises

portmanteaus
portmanteaux
portmantle
portmantles
portmantua
portmantuas
portmen
portmote
portmotes
portobello
portobellos
portogram
portography
portoir
portoise
portoises
portolan
portolans
portous
portouses
portrait
portrait camera
portrait lens
portrait painter
portraited
portraiting
portraitist
portraitists
portraitlike

Literary usage of Portoises

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1841)
"This had made the offices swell out of measure ; and there was a great variety of them,—Missals, Breviaries, Rituals, Pontificals, Portoises, Pies, ..."

2. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"This had made the offices swell out of measure, and there was a great variety of them ; missals, breviaries, rituals, pontificals, portoises, ..."

3. A Summary of the History of the English Church and of the Sects which Have by Johnson Grant (1811)
"... hours, pies, psalteries, portoises, and; pontificals, which it consumed one half of life to Study, and the other to practise, did not start away to the ..."

4. A history of the reformation of the Church of England. 3 vols. [in 6]. by Gilbert Burnet (1816)
"... swell out of measure, and there was a great variety of them ; missals, breviaries, rituals, pontificals, portoises, pies, graduals, ..."

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