citeriour

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A form of citerior — Chiefly in place names: situated on the nearer side.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adjectiveciteriour (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteObsolete spelling of citerior.

    It [Spain] was divided by the Romans into two provinces, Citeriour and Ulteriour, nearer and farther, that is, from Rome.

    1827, William C[hanning] Woodbridge, Emma Willard, “Hispania or Spain”, in Universal Geography, Ancient and Modern; on the Principles of Comparison and Classification, 2nd edition, Hartford, Conn.: Published by Oliver D. Cooke & Co. J. & J. Harper, printers, →OCLC, page 23
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