chiauss
See also: Chiauss
English
Etymology
- Attested 1600.
Pronunciation
- enPR: chä.o͞osʹ, IPA(key): /tʃəˈus/
- Hyphenation: chia‧uss
Noun
chiauss (plural chiausses)
- (historical) Obsolete spelling of chiaus
- 1600, Churche, Rooke, The historie of the troubles of Hungarie: containing the pitifull losse and ruine of that kingdome, and the warres happened there, in that time, betweene the Christians and Turkes, London: Felix Kyngston, translation of Histoire des troubles de Hongrie by Martin Fumée, OCLC 23615906, page 87:
- Whereupon hee ſent another Chiauſs with Letters directed to all the kingdome,by which he commaunded that euery should obey and reuerence him,as being againe confirmed in all his former honours and degrees.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:chiauss.
References
- "Chiaus" in A New English dictionary on historical principles, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893, volume 2, p. 334.
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