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po·sa·da

(pō-sä′də, -dä)

A Christmas festival originating in Latin America that dramatizes the search of Joseph and Mary for lodging.

[American Spanish, from Spanish, lodging, from posar, to lodge, rest, from Late Latin pausāre, to rest, from Latin pausa, pause; see pause.]

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posada

(poˈsaða)

n, pl -das (-ðas)

(Commerce) an inn in a Spanish-speaking country

[literally: place for stopping]

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But after we had been two days on the road, on entering the posada of a village a day's journey from this, I saw him at the inn door in the dress of a muleteer, and so well disguised, that if I did not carry his image graven on my heart it would have been impossible for me to recognise him.

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TWO PSYCHIATRISTS -- Jacqueline Posada, MD, and Sarah Reinstein, MD --have joined the editorial advisory board of CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY NEWS.

Clinical Psychiatry News welcomes two new board members

In other words, the bridge is a supranational infrastructure, shared locally by Posada and Encarnacion residents, constituting a living urban space.

?Ciudades gemelas? Posadas, Argentina y Encarnacion, Paraguay en perspectiva socio-urbana

A revamp of The Crown Posada revealed the colourful murals under layers of wallpaper.

Pub's Spanish past is revealed by revamp

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Motivational Keynote Speaker Joachim de Posada Taps Miami Web Developer WebFL.US for Speedy Secure Responsive Web Design

* OxiClean has teamed up with Laura Posada, wife of baseball player Jorge Posada, to entice Americans to explain why their hometown sports league needs help cleaning up their ball game.