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Escurial

Escurial is the dated form of Escorial.

Meaning of Escorial

Proper noun

the Escorial

  1. El Escorial, a royal palace in Madrid.
    • The discovery of gold in Brazil fired the religious fervour of John V (1706-50) to heights of gorgeous, archaic extravagance, immortalized in the monastery-palace of Mafra, which was built as a rival to the Escorial and Versailles by a huge army of draft labour over eighteen years.1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 73

Questions about Escurial

What is Escurial the dated form of?
Escurial is the dated form of Escorial.

Words near Escurial in the dictionary

  1. esculetin
  2. esculic acid
  3. esculin
  4. esculinase
  5. esculinases
  6. Escurial
  7. escutcheon
  8. escutcheon of pretence
  9. escutcheon pin
  10. escutcheon pins
  11. escutcheonectomies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Escurial (page history and authors); Escorial (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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