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portesse

portesse is the obsolete spelling of porteous.

Meaning of porteous

Noun

porteous (plural porteouses)

  1. (historical) A portable breviary.
    • And in his hand his Portesse still he bare, / That much was worne, but therein little red, / For of deuotion he had little care [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    portuary

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Forms of portesse

pluralportesses

Questions about portesse

What is portesse the obsolete spelling of?
Portesse is the obsolete spelling of porteous.

Words near portesse in the dictionary

  1. porterweeds
  2. Portes
  3. Porteses
  4. Portesham
  5. portess
  6. portesse
  7. portesses
  8. Portessie
  9. Porteus
  10. Porteño
  11. Porteños

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