Sentence examples for of chiefly from inspiring English sources

C. 1275 Ephesus, Turkey 1345 Manuel Philes, (born c. 1275 died 1345), Byzantine court poet whose works are of chiefly historical and social interest.

Thereafter except for two years of chiefly cowboying (1891 92) and two years (1894 96) in Wyoming State Prison he was teamed up with a succession of outlaws.

The bulk of the dolomite constitutes dolostone formations that occur as thick units of great areal extent in many sequences of chiefly marine strata.

Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham issued an order of chiefly symbolic importance, saying his department would move quickly to determine whether investors were interested in financing and co-owning a new transmission line that could bring more power to the state.

The ceremonial adz, an object unique to the island, consisted of a nephrite disk mounted on a decorated shaft; it served both as a symbol of chiefly office and as a cosmic symbol.

Phycology, also called algology, the study of algae, a large heterogeneous group of chiefly aquatic plants ranging in size from microscopic forms to species as large as shrubs or trees.

"That is not a symptom of pneumonia; it is a symptom of poisoning, chiefly of arsenic," said Ebert, adding that Descartes asked his doctor to prescribe an emetic.

In 1849 the area was settled by Icarians, a group of socialists chiefly of French origin led by Étienne Cabet, who were joined by German and Swiss immigrants.

The manufacture of religious articles, chiefly of mother-of-pearl, is a traditional industry, as is the carving of olivewood.

Gebhard continued some of the work of Salentin, chiefly in the reconstruction of the Arnsberg castle in Westphalia.

Ernest Hemingway's only play is of interest chiefly because of its source and its setting.