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Escorial Definition

Es·co·rial (es kôr′ē əl; Sp es′kō̂ ryäl′)

noun

huge quadrangle of granite buildings near Madrid, built (16th cent.) by Philip II of Spain: it encloses a palace, church, monastery, etc.

Etymology: Sp escorial, lit., place where a mine has been exhausted < escoria < L scoria, dross < Gr skōria, scoria

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