Meaning of champ clos | Babel Free

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A field officially set aside for the fighting of a knightly duel or tournament: the area enclosed by the lists.

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“Such was their power that neither could forget⟳ His former friend, & future foe—but still There was a high, immortal, proud regret⟳ In either’s eye, as if ’twere less their will Than destiny to make⟳ the eternal years Their date⟳ of war, and their “Champ Clos” the Spheres.”

“A municipal champ clos was always raised in the market-place; that of an ecclesiastical seigneur as near as possible to the church; and, in the latter case, the lists were often permanent.”

“In the knightly days single combats were confined to the champ clos, which was never granted where the quarrel was of a frivolous nature, and only the monarch himself, or some great noble the governor of a province, and so holding viceregal powers, had the authority to grant it.”

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