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___ of honor
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matron
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n. a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified a wardress in a prison a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution [syn: head nurse ]
Usage examples of matron.
She was sure the beturbaned matrons would have turned their backs on her or pulled their skirts aside if she passed their way in the park.
Pliny, in affected though forcible language, has condemned the thirst of gain, which explores the last confines of the earth, for the pernicious purpose of exposing to the public eye naked draperies and transparent matrons.
In a crook tucked amid the steep-sided foothills, beneath evergreens mantled like ermine-cloaked matrons, the Mad Prophet dropped his reins and dismounted.
Spray like a cataract from the finial of the fountainthe Matra Herself with arms outstretchedset a net of mist in the coiled strands of black hair.
It was after all not fit to be a citizen of Tira Virte if the Matra ei Filho denied that blessing, so the death therefore was a gift.
But had the Matra ei Filho, for some unknown but naturally exalted reason, withdrawn the blessing bestowed at birth?
Tira Virte, save they lived in her now, died, and were buried in her soil, blessed in their passing by the Matra ei Filho.
Nommo Matra ei Filho, Nommo Familia Grijalva, I swear I will not fail.
You have permitted your imaginations to become crippled, and you accept it as the Will of the Matra ei Filho .
Joharra held a parade and a service of thanksgiving in the Sanctia Matra Serenissa.
The high vault made them all appear tiny, insignificant compared to the majesty of the Matra ei Filho.
Why, Grand Duchess Mechella, Matra bless her memory, would have ridden out in her carriage and the mob would have prostrated themselves at her feet in shame.
Edoard has seen you and wants you, though Matra help him when he is subject to your temper.
With Zevierin dead, Matra bless his fine soul, and my Justino dead as well, poor child, and Vitorrio still abroad, there was nothing I could do but appeal to their honor.
They called her unGifted because she was a woman, and yet she knew in her soul that she had been granted the gift of art and that it was her duty to Matra ei Filho to make the world come to life in her paintings.