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Definition of Fayres
1. fayre [n] - See also: fayre
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fayres
Literary usage of Fayres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1851)
"... be delayed of his right to sue, and for that that those merchants were often
at grete fayres of the land, hit was vsed that as soon as the grete fayres ..."
2. Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire and Its by Powys-land Club (1879)
"th'one to Thomas Powell, Esqr., of three fayres, ... and Arthur Pryce, deceased,
for terme of theire lives, and for two of the said fayres and tolles to the ..."
3. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1889)
"Soe farre of the fayres. (Cattle Market in Broken Heys.) In the same charter "
of the grant of these three fayres, 'tis said that there was a market in Oxon ..."
4. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English by Richard Hakluyt (1907)
"... thereof shall be made according to the uses and customes of the fayres and
townes where it chanced that the said bargaine was made and contracted. ..."
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