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Chartres Definition

Char·tres (s̸hȧr′tr'; E s̸här′trə, shärt)

city in NC France, near Paris: site of a 13th-cent. Gothic cathedral: pop. 42,000

Chartres Quotes

I remember summing up what I took to be ourdestiny, in conversation with my best friend at Chartres, by the formula,'Term, holidays, term, holidays, till we leave school, and then work, work, work till we die.'

—Lewis, C(live) S(taples)

In the modern city, it takes on the status of a cathedral, our Chartres, our Notre Dame, our marble museum of the soul.

—Rodriguez, Richard