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Definition of Guilds
1. guild [n] - See also: guild
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guilds
Literary usage of Guilds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The records of the provincial councils held in those districts also show that
the guilds were a matter of no small concern for the ecclesiastical ..."
2. The Conflicts of Capital and Labour: Historically and Economically by George Howell (1890)
"guilds common in the Middle Ages —§ 4. Name of such guilds, Religious or ...
The Reformation and religious guilds —§ 28. Confiscation of the property of ..."
3. The Facts and Backgrounds of Literature: English and American by George Fullmer Reynolds, Garland Greever (1920)
"There were guilds for many purposes; some were organized primarily for ...
People of all ranks belonged to these guilds and one person might belong to ..."
4. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn (1889)
"guilds (of Saxon origin, about the 8th century), associations of inhabitants of
... "The revival of religions guilds began in 1851, with that of St Alban, ..."
5. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"guilds. The City Companies or guilds of London were ouee upwards of one hundred
... of their respective guilds. Many of the companies are extremely wealthy, ..."
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