Lully

[ loo-lee, French ly-lee for 1; luhl-ee for 2 ]

noun
  1. Italian Lul·li [lool-lee]. /ˈlul li/. Jean Bap·tiste [zhahnba-teest], /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/, 1632–87, French composer, especially of operas and ballets, born in Italy.

  2. Catalan Lull [lool]. /lul/. Raymond or Ra·món [rah-mawn], /rɑˈmɔn/, "Doctor Illuminatus", 1235?–1315, Spanish theologian, philosopher, and author.

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How to use Lully in a sentence

  • It will cause a woman to fall in love with a ghoul, not to speak of one so tall and handsome as Raymond Lulli.

    A Modern Aladdin | Howard Pyle
  • All were looking at him wonderingly, excepting Raymond Lulli, who never once raised his eyes, fixed broodingly upon the floor.

    A Modern Aladdin | Howard Pyle
  • There Raymond Lulli unlocked the padlock and raised the trap-door as you saw Gaspard unlock the one and raise the other.

    A Modern Aladdin | Howard Pyle

British Dictionary definitions for Lully

Lully

noun
  1. (French lyli) Jean Baptiste (ʒɑ̃ batist), Italian name Giovanni Battista Lulli. 1632–87, French composer, born in Italy; founder of French opera. With Philippe Quinault as librettist, he wrote operas such as Alceste (1674) and Armide (1686); as superintendent of music at the court of Louis XIV, he wrote incidental music to comedies by Molière

  2. Also: Lull (ˈlʌlɪ, Spanish lul) Raymond or Ramón (raˈmɔn). ?1235–1315, Spanish philosopher, mystic, and missionary. His chief works are Ars generalis sive magna and the Utopian novel Blaquerna

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