† comburghershipn.
Obsolete.
The status of comburghers; mutual citizenship.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > an agreement
forewardOE
accordc1275
covenant1297
end1297
form1297
frettec1330
conjurationc1374
treatc1380
bargainc1386
contractc1386
comenaunt1389
compositionc1405
treaty1427
pact1429
paction1440
reconventionc1449
treatisea1464
hostage1470
packa1475
trystc1480
bond (also band) of manrent1482
covenance1484
concordance1490
patisement1529
capitulation1535
conventmenta1547
convenience1551
compact1555
negotiation1563
sacrament1563
match1569
consortship1592
after-agreementa1600
combourgeoisie1602
convention1603
comburghership1606
transaction1611
end-makingc1613
obligement1627
bare contract1641
stipulation1649
accompackmentc1650
rue-bargaina1657
concordat1683
minute1720
tacka1758
understanding1803
meet1804
it's a go1821
deal1863
whizz1869
stand-in1870
gentlemen's agreement1880
meeting of minds1883
society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > an alliance > of mutual citizenship
combourgeoisie1602
comburghership1606
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 41 By all respects of our com-Burgership..I do adiure you.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 482 The Canton of Bern..declared, they were in a Comburgership with them; and upon that, they sent a Body of 3000 Men, to defend them.
1720 London Gaz. No. 5825/1 Contrary to the Treaties of Alliance and Comburghership they have with this Canton.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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