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Lully

American  
[loo-lee, ly-lee, luhl-ee] / ˈlu li, lüˈli, ˈlʌl i /

noun

  1. Italian Lulli.  Jean Baptiste 1632–87, French composer, especially of operas and ballets, born in Italy.

  2. Catalan Lull.  Raymond or Ramón Doctor Illuminatus, 1235?–1315, Spanish theologian, philosopher, and author.


Lully British  

noun

  1. 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: LullRaymond 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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