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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_172152" /> == | |||
<p> (n.) A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, - usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_79370" /> == | |||
<p> A town of France, in department of Ardennes, on the Maas, 164 m. NE. of Paris; once a strong fortress, but dismantled in 1875, where in 1870 Napoleon III. and 86,000 men under [[Marshal]] Macmahon surrendered to the Germans; noted for its cloth manufactories. Previous to the [[Edict]] of [[Nantes]] was a celebrated centre of Huguenot industry and theological learning. </p> | <p> A town of France, in department of Ardennes, on the Maas, 164 m. NE. of Paris; once a strong fortress, but dismantled in 1875, where in 1870 Napoleon III. and 86,000 men under [[Marshal]] Macmahon surrendered to the Germans; noted for its cloth manufactories. Previous to the [[Edict]] of [[Nantes]] was a celebrated centre of Huguenot industry and theological learning. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_172152"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/sedan Sedan from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_79370"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/sedan Sedan from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_79370"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/sedan Sedan from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:58, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, - usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A town of France, in department of Ardennes, on the Maas, 164 m. NE. of Paris; once a strong fortress, but dismantled in 1875, where in 1870 Napoleon III. and 86,000 men under Marshal Macmahon surrendered to the Germans; noted for its cloth manufactories. Previous to the Edict of Nantes was a celebrated centre of Huguenot industry and theological learning.
