Definitions for Escorial

Escorial Es·co·ri·al

Spelling: [e-skawr-ee-uh l, -skohr-; Spanish es-kaw-
IPA: /ɛˈskɔr i əl, -ˈskoʊr-; Spanish ˌɛs kɔˈryɑl/

Escorial is a 8 letter English word.

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Definitions for Escorial

noun

  1. a building in central Spain, 27 miles (43 km) NW of Madrid, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Spanish sovereigns: erected 1563–84.

Examples for Escorial

A “Descent from the Cross” now at the Escorial is his most famous picture.

His masterpiece is now in the Escorial; it represents the “Collocation of the Host.”

Inglis speaks of seeing this work in the library when he visited the Escorial.

Worn out with his disquietudes, he died in the Escorial in the second year of his sojourn.

This is not the place for criticism on the architectural merits of the Escorial.

His principal works were eight pictures for the Escorial, three of which were burned.

In the Escorial he executed several pictures; one is a Paradise on the vaulting of the church, with a multitude of figures.

The spirit of the Escorial is in one aspect the spirit of Spain.

I must record the tremendous impression made on me by Toledo and the Escorial.

According to the catalogue of 1892, this picture was formerly in the sacristy of the Escorial in Spain.

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