Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fortified dwelling of an ancient Irish chief. The word occurs as the initial element in many Irish place-names, as Rathkeale. Rathlin, etc.
  • noun A name given to certain rock-cut Buddhist temples in India.
  • Quick; swift; speedy.
  • Early; coming before others, or before the usual time; youthful.
  • Near; proximate.
  • noun A Burmese state carriage.
  • Quickly; swiftly; speedily.
  • Early; soon.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Ireland A hill or mound.
  • noun A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.
  • adverb Obs. or Poetic Early; soon; betimes.
  • adjective Obs. or Poetic Coming before others, or before the usual time; early.

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  • noun a walled enclosure in Irish antiquity

Etymologies

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From Old Irish ráth.

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Examples

  • The State government had allotted one "rath" for each of the 223 talukas to cover the rural masses.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • The State government had allotted one "rath" for each of the 223 talukas to cover the rural masses.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • At the meeting Madhya Pradesh Kshatriya Samaj president Rajendra Singh Tomar announced that their community will give Rs50 lakh 'rath' chariot to Singh to tour for the cause of Kshatriyas.

    Analysis 2010

  • At the meeting Madhya Pradesh Kshatriya Samaj president Rajendra Singh Tomar announced that their community will give Rs50 lakh 'rath' chariot to Singh to tour for the cause of Kshatriyas.

    Analysis 2010

  • At the meeting Madhya Pradesh Kshatriya Samaj president Rajendra Singh Tomar announced that their community will give Rs50 lakh 'rath' chariot to Singh to tour for the cause of Kshatriyas.

    Analysis 2010

  • As Laloo Prasad Yadav took his 'rath' to Saran to file his nomination, it soon became a rally.

    Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com 2009

  • The former Congress Minister and now Bahujan Samaj Party candidate for the prestigious Lucknow seat, Akhilesh Das Gupta, showed off his status when he drove down in a mechanised 'rath'

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

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