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Borough

In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

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Burgh 76% connected

A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough.

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Town 76% connected

Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constitut…

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Townsfolk 76% connected

The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.

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Albyn noun · 78% connection

Scotland; esp. the Highlands of Scotland.

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Alternate adjective · 78% connection

Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of th…

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Bank noun · 78% connection

An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bill…

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Burrow noun · 78% connection

An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.

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Canterbury noun · 78% connection

A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and cont…

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Cantonment noun · 78% connection

A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an…

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Chiltern Hundreds unknown · 78% connection

A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of P…

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City noun · 78% connection

A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or…

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Corporate adjective · 78% connection

Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual;…

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Corporately adverb · 78% connection

In a corporate capacity; acting as a corporate body.

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Country adverb · 78% connection

The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the e…

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Covenant noun · 78% connection

An agreement made by the Scottish Parliament in 1638, and by the English Parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion in Scot…

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Disincorporate verb · 78% connection

To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to divest of the condition of a corporate body.

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Divide verb · 78% connection

To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in o…

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Division noun · 78% connection

Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.

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House noun · 78% connection

One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a legislative capa…

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Hustings n. pl. · 78% connection

Any one of the temporary courts held for the election of members of the British Parliament.

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Incorporate adjective · 78% connection

Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.

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