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Definition of Assemblies
1. assembly [n] - See also: assembly
Literary usage of Assemblies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"When these hindrances had been overcome and the assemblies met, ... But the
assemblies, the first endeavour towards local and popular control, ..."
2. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1876)
"XXIV. Paramount influence of the King. The Crown strengthened by frequent holding
of assemblies. Cessation of assemblies a sign of weakness. ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Correspondence between the general assemblies, north and south, was first brought
about ... This union was accomplished at the respective general assemblies ..."
4. The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind by Gustave Le Bon (1896)
"... the progressive curtailment of all liberty— Conclusion. IN parliamentary
assemblies we have an example of heterogeneous crowds that are not anonymous. ..."
5. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"Is it desirable to have two assemblies, whose agreement should be rendered ...
The unanimity even of one of the two assemblies would be defeated by a ..."
6. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1907)
"The student will discriminate between Chautauqua Institution and different
assemblies, whether they assume the Chautauqua name or not. ..."
7. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1900)
"The dreariness of winter evenings was broken by dancing assemblies and plays.
The assemblies were of fortnightly occurrence, and very select ..."
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