Definition of "publique" []

• Obsolete form of public. (adjective)
• Obsolete form of public. (noun)

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• "A 10-minute walk north of the museum brings you to the largest square in the Old Town, the Place de la R publique, which is also being torn up as part of Metz's renovation."
• "Seeing the equipage ready & many more that thought long to depart thence for marchandise, we uppon this resolved to call a publique councell in the place; which the Elders hearing, came and advised us not to undertake it, giving many faire words, saying, "Brethren, why are you such ennemys to yourselves to putt yourselves in the hands of those that wait for you?"
• "AFP/Getty Images French high-school students sit on garbage bins as they block the traffic on Place de la R é publique in Paris."