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Definition of Coranto
1. courante [n -TOS or -TOES] - See also: courante
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coranto
Literary usage of Coranto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, Esq., F. R. S.,from His Ms. Cypher by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke, Mynors Bright (1884)
"... the King led a lady a single coranto;2 and then the rest of the lords, one
after another, other ladies : very noble it was, and great pleasure to see. ..."
2. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys from His MS. Cypher in the Pepsyian by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1885)
"My grave Lord Keeper led the brawls ; The seals and maces danced before him."
GRAY. (MB) 2 coranto, from correre, Italian, to run. A swift and lively dance. ..."
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