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Example sentences for "high repute"

  • So too festivals of the dead by night were condemned, while on the contrary funeral processions by day, with torches, lamps, palm and olive branches, were in high repute.

  • Reichenau; the seminary here he raised to high repute, although he died in his early prime in A.

  • Willehad, the Anglo-Saxon, was held in high repute by his scholars and was made bishop of Bremen by Charlemagne.

  • His works are numerous and in high repute.

  • He was one of the most eminent medical men of his day, and his publications are numerous and in high repute.

  • Cinnamon, another of the exports of Arabia to Rome, though not a production of that country, was also in high repute, and brought an extravagant price.

  • He was, probably, also incited by his desire to punish the Britons for having assisted the Vanni; and Suetonius adds, that he was desirous of enriching himself with British pearls, which were at that time in high repute.

  • He now stands in high repute as patron of both city and province.

  • Nomads] Amongst the letters of recommendation with which my friends had furnished me to different Khans and Mollahs on my way, one was addressed to a certain Ishan Hasan, who stood in high repute in Karshi.

  • In Florence, moreover, trade and the mechanic arts were in high repute; industry was widely diffused, and was held in honor.

  • Under the patronage of Ptolemy, mathematicians, poets, and critics of high repute flourished.

  • The Banbury cakes are mentioned as early as 1686, and they are still in high repute, being sent to all parts of the world.

  • In the garden was a well of never-failing water held in high repute by pilgrims, and which now supplies a fish-pond.

  • The town of Great Malvern, on the eastern slope of the hills, is elevated five hundred and twenty feet, and is in high repute as a watering-place.

  • His care and skill, exercised over more than half a century, have largely contributed to obtain for the Clicquot brand that high repute which it enjoys to-day all over the world.

  • The vineyards of Vertus were originally planted with vines from Burgundy, and in the 14th century yielded a red wine held in high repute, while later on the Vertus growths formed the favourite beverage of William III.

  • The firm not only ship their wine largely to England, but head the list of shipments to the United States, where their brand is held in high repute, with nearly half a million bottles, being more than twice the quantity shipped by M.

  • Indeed, the worker of spells was held in high repute, and his operations were in most cases allowed free play.

  • Jastrow's hypothesis is certainly interesting, especially as he is an Oriental linguist of high repute.

  • One might imagine that Hammurabi had legislated the medical profession out of existence, were it not that letters have been found in the Assyrian library of Ashur-banipal which indicate that skilled physicians were held in high repute.

  • Upon this work a number of Cremonese artists, all of high repute, were successively employed.

  • His care and skill, exercised for nearly two-thirds of a century, have largely contributed to obtain for the Clicquot brand that high repute which it enjoys to-day all over the world.

  • In the same way, herb-gerard was called from St. Gerard, who was formerly invoked against gout, a complaint for which this plant was once in high repute.

  • Again, as a sacred plant the basil has from time immemorial been held in high repute by the Hindus, having been sacred to Vishnu.

  • On this account it has been held in high repute.

  • As a promoter of fruitfulness it has long been held in high repute--a character which it probably derived from its mythic associations--and hence the important part it plays in love divinations.

  • Besides Holy Scripture, the selection of patristic passages used by Valdez and the Moralia of Gregory the Great were in high repute as means of instruction and edification.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    great difficulty; high altitudes; high bank; high frequency; high importance; high levels; high misdemeanor; high places; high polish; high power; high rank; high standing; high station; high temperature; high tower; high tree; high value; high voice; higher culture; higher degree; higher levels; higher power; higher standard; higher temperatures; higher vertebrates; rather fine