Meanings
chiauss1
plural chiausses
- historicalobsoleteObsolete spelling of chiaus.
Whereupon hee ſent another Chiauſs with Letters directed to all the kingdome,by which he commaunded that euery should obey and reuerence him,as being againe confirmed in all his former honours and degrees.
1600, Rooke Churche, The historie of the troubles of Hungarie: containing the pitifull losse and ruine of that kingdome, and the warres happened there, in that time, betweene the Christians and Turkes, London: Felix Kyngston, translation of Histoire des troubles de Hongrie by Martin Fumée, →OCLC, page 87
Chiauss2
- Alternative letter-case form of chiauss; obsolete spelling of chiaus.
Whereupon hee ſent another Chiauſs with Letters directed to all the kingdome,by which he commaunded that euery should obey and reuerence him,as being againe confirmed in all his former honours and degrees.
1600, Rooke Churche, The historie of the troubles of Hungarie: containing the pitifull losse and ruine of that kingdome, and the warres happened there, in that time, betweene the Christians and Turkes, London: Felix Kyngston, translation of Histoire des troubles de Hongrie by Martin Fumée, →OCLC, page 87
Origin
Attested since 1600.
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