Definition of Roches

1. roch [n] - See also: roch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roches

rocailles
rocambole
rocamboles
rocambolesque
roccella
roccellas
roccellic
roccellic acid
roccellin
roch
rochambeau
roche alum
roche moutonnee
roche moutonnée
rochelle
roches (current term)
roches moutonnées
rochet
rochets
roching cask
roching casks
rock
rock'n'roll
rock-and-roll
rock-band
rock-bottom
rock-dove
rock-dumb
rock-hard
rock-jumper

Literary usage of Roches

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

1. A History of England by James Franck Bright (1889)
"roches, his evil genius, who in this year returned from the Crusade. ... Hi a place was taken by Stephen de Segrave, a close ally of Des roches. ..."

2. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1905)
"roches resumed his authority over Henry III. Mindful of past '**• failures, the bishop's aim was to rule through dependants, so that he could pull the wires ..."

3. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1905)
"CHAPTER III. THE ALIEN INVASION. WITH the dismissal of Hubert on July 29, 1232, Peter des CHAP. roches resumed his authority over Henry III. ..."

4. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1879)
"... then, on the death of Geoffrey Fitz-Peter, the justiciar- Bishop of ship, were bestowed on the Poitevin Peter des roches, as 1205-1338, though England ..."

5. The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development by William Stubbs (1880)
"Joint administration of Peter des roches and Hubert de Burgh,-.—. Administration of Hubert,-. —. His downfall. —. Henry's own administration. —. ..."

6. The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development by William Stubbs (1906)
"Administration of William Marshall.—. Joint administration of Peter des roches and Hubert de ... roches ..."

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