sees
plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
An inflected form of see · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,996 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,994 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
sees in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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One looks about and sees everywhere high-bred faces, strong faces, open-eyed, drinking in this extraordinary scene.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Then he stood Silent before her, wrestling with the mood Of one who sees the evil and not good.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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He sees nothing else, attends to nothing else, and will stay there till grim death or an epaulette orders him away.
White Jacket · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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So she goes by him attended, Hears him lovingly converse, Sees whatever fair and splendid Lay betwixt his home and hers.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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A mighty river roars between, And whosoever looks therein Sees the heavens all black with sin, Sees not its depths, nor bounds.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1