Saintes Definition

pronoun

A city in the southeastern French département Charente-Maritime, the former capital of the Saintogne province.

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A French Catholic diocese named after the above, its see.

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A French arrondissement named after the above, its capital.

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(in the plural) A small French Caribbean island chain in the Leeward Islands, a dependency of Guadeloupe.

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Saintes Sentence Examples

  • The state railways served a large portion of western France, their chief lines being from Nantes via La Rochelle to Bordeaux, and from Bordeauxvia Saintes, Niort and Saumur to Chartres.

  • In 1881 he presented himself as a political candidate for Saintes, but was defeated.

  • In 1606 he was vicar-general of the congregation of France, and received from Marie de' Medici the revenues of the sees of Lombez and Saintes.

  • In Aquitaine he gave his brother Charibert the administration of the counties of Toulouse, Cahors, Agen, Perigueux, and Saintes; but at Charibert's death in 632 Dagobert became sole ruler of the whole of the Frankish territories south of the Loire.

  • On the death of Charibert (567), he further obtained the civitates of Saintes, Angoulbme and Perigueux.

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