| 单词 | royal burgh |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroyal burgh royal burgh n. (also †burgh royal, †royal borough) a Scottish burgh which derives its charter directly from the Crown; see also convention of (royal) burghs at convention n. 5b(a). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > borough burrows-townc1175 mayor-town1375 boroughc1380 borough-town1382 burghc1425 corporate town1478 royal burgh1591 county borough1708 municipality1790 Royal Borough1805 county1888 1591 in M. Wood & R. K. Hannay Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1927) V. 42 In ane frie burgh royall. 1648 Sc. Acts (1872) VI. ii. 83 For erecting of þe samyne [burgh] in ane frie burgh royall. 1672 Sc. Acts (1820) VIII. 77/2 Þat they..be freed in all tyme comeing from beiring burden with the royall burroues. 1693 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) iv. xlvii. §19. 726 Bailies of Regality, Bailies of Burghs-Royal, or of Burghs of Regality. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 22) ii. ii. ii. 505 These Royal Boroughs are not only several distinct Corporations, but they are also one entire Body, governed by..one general Court. 1734 Treat. Orig. & Progr. Fees 34 That Duty which Burghs-Royal, by their Charters of Erection, owe to the King. 1803 Gazetteer Scotl. Introd. p. xxviii The royal boroughs of Scotland also form, as it were, a commercial parliament, which meets once a year at Edinburgh. 1866 (title) Records of the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland. 1963 North-east of Scotl. 203 Originally burghs..were classed either as Royal Burghs or as Burghs of Barony or Regality according as the burgh lands were held directly under the Crown or under one of the great feudal lords. 1992 Holiday Which? Jan. 31/2 Elgin, a livelier base than either Nairn or Huntly, is an ancient Royal Burgh, and the bustling natural market town for the coastal strip of Moray. < as lemmas |
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