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Estrade   Listen
noun
Estrade  n.  (Arch.) A portion of the floor of a room raised above the general level, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais. "He (the teacher) himself should have his desk on a mounted estrade or platform."





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"Estrade" Quotes from Famous Books



... in Holland, Peter Grotius was nominated Pensionary of Amsterdam in 1660; which important place he filled for seven years with great reputation. This office was the height of Hugo's wishes for his son. The Count D'Estrade, at that time Ambassador from France in Holland, was dissatisfied with the Pensionary of Amsterdam, who opposed the interest of the French King, in resentment of that Prince's having driven Mombas, Peter Grotius's brother-in-law, out of France. Feb. 1, 1633, ...
— The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius • Jean Levesque de Burigny


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