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Definitionn. a formal reception of visitors or guests
Last update: November 27, 2016
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The banks here need a levee. [noun]
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Whenever a river floods, it has a tendency to raise a levee beside its banks. [noun]
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With its main levee broken, the evacuated city of New Orleans has become part of the Gulf of Mexico. [noun]
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Three or four Scotch gentlemen were just leaving his levee. [noun]
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As soon as he was furnished with the necessary credentials from the king, Edward presented himself at the levee of the Prince of Conde. [noun]
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The next day they were at the prince's levee, and introduced by Edward. [noun]
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It was, however, discovered that he had respectable talents for public business, and the first admittance to the minister's levee being negotiated, his success became rapid. [noun]
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'I was at the Chevalier's levee as soon as he usually rises.' [noun]
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I continued to dance attendance every other morning at the levee of Mr. [noun]
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On coming to the levee, and before the vessel was made fast, I saw Manning leap on shore and hurry away into the city. [noun]
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A happy and touching scene was witnessed immediately upon our reaching the levee. [noun]
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