Definition of "paradises" [paradises]

• Plural form of paradise. (noun)

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• "Whether its Britain bashing in the Wind that Shakes the Barley, to whitewashing Soviet involvement in central America in Carla's Song, he is a propagandist, with ne'er a bad word to say about any of the Socialist "paradises" across the globe."
• "And besides all this (proceeded Socrates), nowhere among the various countries which he inhabits or visits does he fail to make it his first care that there shall be orchards and gardens, parks and "paradises," as they are called, full of all fair and noble products which the earth brings forth; and within these chiefly he spends his days, when the season of the year permits."
• "Norman nobles made on both sides of the Channel were mainly devoted to the chase, like the 'paradises' of the Persians; but the monasteries possessed pleasure-grounds and gardens of all sorts."