camarilla
Example Sentences
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When President von Hindenburg dropped BrÜning, who had been his protege, the German military camarilla which had maneuvered BrÜning out suggested von Papen to the ancient President, who made him his new protege.
From Time Magazine Archive
He assembled a little camarilla of army officers and aristocrats and last winter began making secret trips to Paris.
From Time Magazine Archive
One result: today, the old, meddling palace camarilla which made and unmade Premiers in backstairs intrigues is gone.
From Time Magazine Archive
The victorious troops were still at some distance, the Queen and her camarilla had fled across the frontier, the Government had vanished, and the people were a law unto themselves.
From Spanish Life in Town and Country by Dawson, William Harbutt
The danger, in short, was visible to every body but King Otho, his German camarilla, and his renegade Greek ministers.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various
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