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- noun Plural form of
moveable .
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Examples
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In Roman law obligations, rights, and actions were not embraced in the terms moveables and immoveables.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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All his moveables were a mat, on which he lay sometimes, and a little table, whereon were his writings, and some little books, with a wooden crucifix, made of that which the Indians call the wood of St Thomas.
The Works of John Dryden Dryden, John, 1631-1700 1808
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All his moveables were a mat, on which he lay sometimes, and a little table, whereon were his writings, and some little books, with a wooden crucifix, made of that which the Indians call the wood of St Thomas.
The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 16 John Dryden 1665
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A curious and interesting inventory of the 'moveables' found at Lumley
English Book Collectors William Younger Fletcher 1871
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"moveables," meubles, corresponding in substance to what is called
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All moveables of wonder, from all parts, are here It wondered where those words had emerged from, then looked to an old poster rendered on the wall of the museum.
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“O my lord,” quoth she, “sell some of the moveables and household stuff, such as pots and pans, little by little; and expend the proceeds until Allah Almighty shall provide.”
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Zayn al-Mawasif hearing these words marvelled at the eloquence of his tongue and said to him, “O Masrur, leave this madness and return to thy right reason and wend thy ways; for thou hast wasted all thy moveables and immoveables at the chessgame, yet hast not won thy wish, nor hast thou any resource or device whereby thou mayst attain to it.”
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Then we embarked, I and my wife, with all our moveables, leaving our houses and domains and so forth, and set sail, and ceased not sailing from island to island and from sea to sea, with a fair wind and a favouring, till we arrived at
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I went abroad and ordered the boards to be raised, to see how the rats had disposed of my moveables.
A Legend of Montrose 2008
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