-- so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents. A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc. A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution. A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw
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a backstage room in a theater where performers rest or have visitors
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A public hall or room, for the use of visitors at watering places and health resorts in Germany.
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a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court) n
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a city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and around Thebes
