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gibbet

a. a wooden structure resembling a gallows, from which the bodies of executed criminals were formerly hung to public view
b. a gallows
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Gibet studied at Silliman University in Dumaguete which her and my siblings attended.
The essay concludes with a probing analysis of "Le gibet" from Gaspard de la nuit, one of the composer's darkest works.
La croix n'est pas seulement le gibet du Christ, si elle est d'abord cela.
Massan; Subuth; Manthan; Boel & Gibet (the Philippines; Fig.
Aujourd'hui de Jerusalem il reste un gibet, le Calvaire; d' Athenes, une ruine, le Parthenon; de Rome, un fantome, I' empire romain.
Parce qu'en depit de son beau titre universitaire et de sa grande renommee, Villon allait bel et bien rester en prison sous sa garde en attendant qu'on l'eleve en grade, par la corde du Gibet de Monfaucon.
je n'ai trouve debout Qu'un gibet symbolique ou pendait mon image ...
Je n'ai trouve' debout Qu'un gibet symbolique ou pendait mon image ...
A few authors wrote successfully for the stage during this period: Gratien Gelinas (Tit-Coq and Bousille et les justes); Marcel Dube (Zone, Florence, and Un Simple soldat); Jacques Languirand (Le Gibet and Les Insolites); and Paul Toupin (Brutus and Le Mensonge).
One day there will be a piece on Flor Tarriela, Kay Jimenez, Gina de Venecia, Evelyn del Rosario, Daphne Roxas, Ruby Palma, Betty Lou Penera, Gibet Bascara, Florence Tadiar, Nelia Gonzalez, Colet Aranas, Millet Mananquil ndash and on so many more I'm afraid will not forgive me ndash at least temporarily as they are true friends ndash for their names' not being included in this printed list.