This word appears to have been restricted in its use to the Khan-zadas of the ruling house in Miwat, and was not used for their subjects, the Meos (Powlett l.
The king's satisfaction was extreme when the courtiers reported the passage of the eighteenth Psalm: "Tu mihi virtute ad bellum accinctos meos adversarios subjicis[28].
In the early version of the poem we have a stage direction which shows that the Latin text beginning "O meos longum modulata" was sung by Orpheus.
We may now reconstruct for ourselves the classic scene with Orpheus "singing on the hill to his lyre" the verses "O meos longum modulata lusus.
When not administering justice in the city courts or under the village tree, John Lawrence was scouring the country after the marauding Meos and Mahommedan freebooters.
The Meos are given to the use of intoxicating drinks, and are very superstitious and have great faith in omens.
Both the Meos and Minas are divided into twelve large clans called pal, the word pal meaning, according to Colonel Tod, 'a defile in a valley suitable for cultivation or defence.
As already seen, the Meos and Minas intermarried for a time, but subsequently ceased to do so.
It is probable that the originalMeos were supplemented by converts to Islam from other castes.
The Meos have similarly twelve pals, and the names of six of these are identical with those of the Minas.
This dispute caused the cessation of the practice of intermarriage between Meos and Minas which had formerly obtained.
The Meos have twelve clans or pals, the first six of which are identical in name and claim the same descent as the first six clans of the Minas.
As might be expected, the form of Islam professed by the Meos is of a very bastard order, and Major Powlett's account of it is reproduced in a short separate notice of that tribe.
Abul Fazl writes that the Meos were in his time famous runners, and one thousand of them were employed by Akbar as carriers of the post.
General Cunningham says that they are the bards and singers of the Meos or Mewatis at all their marriages and festivals.
The Meos and Minas are now considered to be branches of one tribe, the former being at least nominally Muhammadans by religion and the latter Hindus.
As agriculturistsMeos are inferior to their Hindu neighbours.
A few Meos were returned from the Hoshangabad and Nimar Districts in 1911, but it is doubtful whether any are settled here, as they may be wandering criminals.
Meos do not marry in their pal or clan, but they are lax about forming connections with women of other castes, whose children they receive into the community.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "meos" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
