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olivet

olivet noun: an imitation pearl manufactured for trade with native peoples.

Noun

olivet (plural olivets)

  1. (historical) An imitation pearl manufactured for trade with native peoples.

Proper noun capitalized: Olivet

Olivet

  1. A mountain in East Jerusalem, the Mount of Olives.
    • From every house the neighbours met,
      ⁠The streets were fill’d with joyful sound,
      ⁠A solemn gladness even crown’d
      The purple brows of Olivet.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 50
  2. A town in Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire.
  3. A town in Mayenne department, Pays de la Loire.
  4. A city in Michigan.
  5. A census-designated place in Hardin County, Tennessee.
  6. A census-designated place in New Jersey.
  7. A census-designated place in Illinois.
  8. A town, the county seat of Hutchinson County, South Dakota; named for the city in Michigan.
  9. A city in Kansas.
  10. An unincorporated community in Giles County, Tennessee.
  11. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.

Forms of olivet

pluralolivets

Origin of olivet

Named for Mount Olivet.

Phrases with olivet

Questions about olivet

What does olivet mean?
Olivet means an imitation pearl manufactured for trade with native peoples.
What part of speech is olivet?
Olivet can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of olivet?
The plural of olivet is olivets.

Words near olivet in the dictionary

  1. Oliveros
  2. olivers
  3. olives
  4. olivescent
  5. olivesheen
  6. olivet
  7. Olivetan
  8. Olivetans
  9. olivetol
  10. olivetolic
  11. olivetolic acid

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