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Definition of Longhouse
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Longhouse
Literary usage of Longhouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei by Karl-Heinz Reger (1997)
"Head-hunting and Life in the longhouse All Dayak peoples engaged in headhunting
as part of the rituals of initiation to manhood and a condition of mar- ..."
2. Native Americans by Karen Lowther (2003)
"An average-size longhouse was about 100 feet (30 meters) long and 20 feet (6 ...
A longhouse was home to many Iroquois families belonging to the same clan. ..."
3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1906)
"Men, women and children, to the number of about fifty, met about two o'clock in
the afternoon in the Cayuga longhouse, a very neat and commodious, ..."
4. Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Teind Court, Court of by Scotland Court of Session, Robert Stuart (1852)
"The late Charles Blair of longhouse, by trust deed, conveyed to trustees his
lands of longhouse and others, for the purpose inter ..."
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