ceiled

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From a wall, one group draped a biblical quotation: "Is it time for you, O Ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses and this house lie waste?"

From Time Magazine Archive

There is as much misery riding and driving about in carriages as there is walking about on foot: there is as much unhappiness in ceiled houses as in humble cottages.

From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by Ryle, John Charles

The salon into which they were shown was large and high ceiled.

From The Gambler A Novel by Thurston, Katherine Cecil

He stepped into the large, low ceiled, dark, cool parlor and was delighted to see a piano and some music piled on a rack.

From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore

It was well lighted with torches and lamps, hung with richly embroidered tapestry, and ceiled with glazed bricks of bright colors.

From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton