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Meaning of "were literate"
were literate: This phrase suggests that a group of people had the ability to read and write, indicating a level of education and skill with written language
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People who were literate were automatically hired as teachers.
Many of these early slaves were literate.
Those internees who were literate would help others write letters to their families back home.
All of the volunteers were literate.
Even those who were literate did not have Bibles.
Not all interpreters were literate.
And people who were literate usually could read Greek.
Certainly it is known that not all of the nuns were literate.
Most medical practitioners were literate and often priests.
Finds of wooden tablets show that at least some were literate.
Priests and priestesses were literate and served as healers.
Their main purpose was to ensure that new recruits were literate.
Almost all were literate.
Children fared better in school when their parents or siblings were literate.
All the women were literate.
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Africans were literate far before Europeans.
That showed you were literate.
Those who were literate worked in the scriptorium, composing and copying manuscripts.
The parents were literate.
This indicates that fewer women than men in South Africa were literate.
Most adults were literate.
Certainly, not all midwives in the ancient world were literate.
Persons were literate.
It reputedly reminded them of a glorious past in which Hmong were literate urbanites.
Previous articleAfricans were literate far before Europeans.
Fifty-one percent of the population were literate.
Their customers were literate too, they were sophisticated and very rich Old Believers.
Percent of women were literate.
The Maya were literate and had a written language and books, of which only a few survive.
The people at Knossos were literate.
The Maya were literate in pre-Columbian times, when the language was written using Maya script.
Of the Iraquis were literate.
Paper and pencils were used to complete the questionnaire, as all the elderly were literate.
Of the Iraqis were literate.
By the end of the century, the majority of African Americans were literate.
Only little more than one third were literate in the most important language i.e. English.
At the time, only one in three women in England were literate.
Those who worked as interrogators were literate and usually in their 20s.
The Hiawatha signatories were businessmen, a civil servant and all were literate.
The songs' lyrics were literate and playful while the mood varied from "dreamy" to sinister.
In the Virgin Islands, voting was restricted to men who were literate and owned property.
They were literate ( for the most part ).
The State aimed to ensure that the current generation of school-age children were literate.
Of residents were literate and 29 % were employed.
The Lord, who are ignorant of the fact that ALL Jewish males were literate.
The UN estimated that only 2 % were literate.
Because of the black community 's commitment to education, by 1900 the majority of blacks were literate.
Less than one-fourth of Scheduled Tribes were literate.
Over 98 per cent of the population were literate.
It should not be thought, however, that all monks were literate.
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