Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to chorography; descriptive of a particular region, country, or locality; laying down or marking the bounds of a particular country or locality, as a map.
- Pertaining to the notation of dancing. See
chorography . Also chorographical, choregraphical.
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Examples
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Young men and women took each other by the hand, and formed together one of those country groups which are the elements of the chorographic art.
International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various
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William Camden, 1551-1623: author of Britannia, or a chorographic description of the most flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland,
English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee
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This has degenerated, and art also, which has descended from its true sphere of activity in the church; so that those who exercise chorographic, culinary, cosmetic, and wig-making arts are now as much entitled to the name of artists as poets, painters, and musicians.
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