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Meaning of plage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/pleɪd͡ʒ/

Definitions

  1. A region viewed in the context of its climate; a clime or zone.
    obsolete
  2. A bright region in the chromosphere of the Sun.

Examples

“King Henry and his faction nesteled and strēgthēd him and his alies in the North regions and boreal plage.”
“Tam[burlaine]. Kings of Argier, Morocus, and of Feſſe, You that haue martcht with happie Tamburlain, As far as from the frozen place ^([sic – meaning plage]) of heauen, Unto the watrie mornings ruddy hower ^([sic – meaning bower]).”
“In the Heauens, they supposed a burning Zone; in the Earth, a Plage [translating Latin plaga], plagued with scorching heats.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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