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chœnix

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkiːnɪks

Definitions

An ancient dry measure of two pints or greater.

historical

Equivalents

Françaischœnix

Examples

“If the kings do not come⟳ to the public supper, each of them must have⟳ two choenixes of meal and a cotyle of wine sent home to him at his house; if they come⟳, they are given a double⟳ quantity of each, and the same when any private man invites them to his table.”

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