jube
Example Sentences
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Our people lie under one of the great marble slabs before the jube, some of the memorial brass balusters of which are engraved with their names and the dates of their decease.
From Imaginary Portraits by Pater, Walter
The latter, being at Rome, heard this sentence read from the writings of the former: “Da quod jubes, et jube quod vis”—Give what thou commandest, and command what thou willest.
From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman
Now that the King is crowned, he ascends the steps of the jube, and seats himself upon the throne.
From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
Among the other decorative features are an elaborately conceived "tree of Jesse," an unusually massive rood-loft or jube, and a high-altar of much magnificence.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
In the middle of the nave was erected a magnificent jube, where the throne of Charles X. was placed.
From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
