territorialadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌtɛrᵻˈtɔːrɪəl/, U.S.

/ˌtɛrəˈtɔriəl/

Forms: 1600s territoriall, 1600s– territorial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin territorialis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin territorialis of a territory (perhaps 6th cent.) < classical Latin territōrium territory n.¹ + -ālis -al suffix¹.In sense B. 2 originally after French territorial (1916 or earlier).

A. adj.

a. Of or relating to a particular territory, district, or locality; local.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > [adjective] > relating to a particular place

regional?a1425

local?c1500

topical1588

territorial1606

topic1610

regionary1654

regionic1871

1606 R. Knolles tr. J. Bodin Six Bks. Common-weale iii. v. 338 How then should it be lawfull vnto the territoriall lord of himselfe to enter or seize vpon lands, the propertie whereof belongeth vnto an other man?

1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 8 Each particular..Church, for speciall and particular and territoriall questions & quærees.

1658 J. Howell Discours of Empire 97 The states of the Empire have also a territorial authority, to change their Religion at plesure.

1747 W. Douglass Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. I. ii. 25 The Hans Towns..are free Towns with a territorial District.

1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (1782) II. 131 The gods..were local and territorial divinities.

1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 4 ‘The Parish’, whether as a mere territorial division or an active Institution, is not ecclesiastical either in origin or in purpose.

1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi iv. 111 Phthie itself is remarkable as the only territorial name, denoting a district of country without reference to a town, which we find in the Greece of Homer north of the Isthmus of Corinth.

1902 C. A. Hanna Scotch-Irish II. 387 It cannot be denied that the great majority of our gentle names are territorial and local.

1958 G. M. Sykes Society of Captives iii. 48 In these terms the social system of the prison is very similar to..a territorial group living under a regime imposed by a ruling few.

2009 Guardian 28 Oct. 29/4 The founding of a..‘mini-church’ in the form of a personal prelature, not a territorial diocese.

†b. Scots Law. Of jurisdiction: extending over and restricted to a defined territory. See territory n.¹ 1c. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal power > [adjective] > extending over defined territory

territorial1748

1748 Defences or Objections for His Majesty's Advocate 3 Feb. 2 A Territorial Jurisdiction cannot subsist without the Territory.

1765–8 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. i. ii. §11 Because this kind of jurisdiction was incident to, and followed the lands or territory to which it was annexed,..it got the name of territorial.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. (at cited word) Territorial Jurisdiction was at one time universal; but, becoming formidable, was repeatedly discouraged by different acts.

1860 Sc. Law Jrnl. 2 66 There was also a Commissary Court of Edinburgh. It..had..a territorial jurisdiction over a certain adjacent territory.

c. Scottish. Of, relating to, or constituting an ecclesiastical district rather than a parish. Of a church, minister, etc.: that serves a particular district, esp. a poor and thickly populated one, without regard to the existing parish boundaries. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > territorialism > [adjective]

territorial1822

1822 Chalmers Speech Gen. Assembly 24 May Notes 52 The assignation of a territorial district to each chapel.

1838 T. Chalmers Lect. on Establishment & Extension of National Churches 60 It is this peculiar relation between his church, and its contiguous households,..that distinguishes him..as a territorial minister.

1863 A. H. Charteris Life J. Robertson viii. 231 A territorial church furnishes the best of all means for leavening the people.

1873 T. Cochrane Home Mission Work vii. 57 Visiting is a very useful and an essential part of the labours of the Territorial missionary.

1893 W.G. Blaikie After Fifty Years xii. 85 Many a territorial church has been built since then, and much good has been done.

1943 H. Watt Thomas Chalmers & Disruption ix. 128 Here was a field of labour to his hand, where he could prepare the way for a territorial church.

1995 R. D. Andersen Educ. & Sc. People, 1750–1918 iv. 93 Chalmers's territorial idea was copied later, especially by the Free Church.

a. Of, belonging to, or relating to territory or land, or the territory under the jurisdiction of a state or ruler.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [adjective]

territorial1661

1661 J. Dury Disc. representing Liberty Conscience in P. Pett Disc. concerning Liberty Conscience 97 The pretence of a Territoriall, Episcopal or Patronall right.

1715 F. Grant Law, Relig., & Educ. i. 27 The giving of Lands, and Territorial Commands to Vassals.

1768 R. Wood Ess. Homer (1769) 22 Three other litigated cases with regard to territorial property and dominion.

1798 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1893) XIV. 20 In circumstances like these, accompanied by an actual invasion of our territorial rights, it would be difficult at any time for me to remain an idle spectator.

1835 Times 24 June 2/5 The territorial extent of the ecclesiastical and civil parish.

1876 Daily News 3 Nov. 7/5 The mighty shield of guaranteeing Europe will defend our territorial integrity and our national rights.

1944 Rev. Politics 6 169 There have been also some suggestions concerning eventual territorial recompensations for Poland.

1968 ‘J. Norman’ Priest-kings of Gor 9 They provide a common ground on which territorial and commercial disputes may be amicably resolved.

2004 National Rev. (New Delhi) Oct. 18/2 Because of the historical and territorial facts of the case.

b. Of an acquisition, a possession, etc.: consisting of land, esp. as part of an estate.In quot. 1766: of or related to landed property.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [adjective] > real or immovable > consisting of landed property > relating to landed property

agrarian1656

territorial1762

1762 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XXXVI. viii. 342 Lorenzo..narrowed his mercantile dealings, and laid out the money he was master of in territorial acquisitions.

1766 tr. V. de Mezague Gen. View Eng. vii. 164 The gross of her territorial income..I fixed at 810 millions sterling.

1823 Ld. Brougham Hansard Commons 15 May 334 Landed property in the West Indies partakes much more of the nature of a hazardous commercial speculation, than of that stable enjoyment of territorial property which characterizes the British landholder.

1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 1 Territorial possessions are too highly prized in England for men lightly to yield even a fraction of such property at a fair value.

1856 T. T. Meadows Chinese & their Rebellions ii. 20 In affairs of succession to landed or territorial property or power the superior and exclusive rights of primogeniture are so much a matter of course with us.

1919 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 2 689 I have been the only Mexican, who..presented to Congress a project of law for the splitting up of territorial property in Mexico.

1951 J. Lees-Milne Tudor Renaissance ii. 11 The nobles, entirely reliant for their affluence upon territorial possessions, protected themselves with huge retinues of..dependents.

1994 T. M. Devine Clanship to Crofter's War v. 63 Between 1820 and 1860 Highland landed families who had held extensive territorial possessions for centuries disappeared from the scene.

c. That owns or possesses landed property; landed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > owning > [adjective] > owning property or interests > owning land

landedc1000

well-landed1557

estated1608

territorieda1654

acred1673

territorial?1799

landowning1845

?1799 Ess. Polit. Society ii. ii. 80 Thus are the territorial aristocracies vested with the appointment of the national Senate.

1839 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 145/2 All the territorial aristocracy would be placed on the same footing, whether Whig or Tory.

1884 Manch. Examiner 25 Mar. 5/1 The preservation of that ascendancy which the territorial class now enjoys.

1916 Living Age Oct.–Nov. 816 The territorial class may change, as it has in the past, but it will go on.

1952 Western Polit. Q. 5 248 The world in which Conservative policy was shaped by territorial magnates..is passing beyond recall.

1991 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 1/3 Number One is reserved for the upper upper class—the heavy swells, the grand nobs, the territorial magnates.

d. Zoology. Of or relating to an area or resource defended by an animal or a group of animals against others, esp. those of the same sex or species. Of an animal or species: defending its territory in this way. See also territorial imperative n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habits or actions > [adjective] > territorial

territorial1828

the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [adjective] > of area defended by animal

territorial1828

1828 G. Ord Wilson's Amer. Ornithol. (new ed.) I. 186 Here also the Blue Jay disappeared; as if the territorial boundaries and jurisdiction of these two noisy and voracious families of the same tribe, had been mutually agreed on.

1856 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds V. 32 The old birds..are very combative among themselves, and extremely tenacious of their territorial rights.

1920 H. E. Howard Territory in Bird Life vi. 228 Do these battles..contribute towards the attainment of the end for which the whole territorial system has been evolved?

1971 Nature 4 June 295/2 A territorial bull establishes himself as supremely dominant within the confines of his territory.

1981 Oxf. Compan. Animal Behaviour 551/1 One benefit of territorial defence is food acquisition.

2001 C. Benard Turning on Girls 57 A nasty yappy territorial male dog tasting the sensation of human affection.

e. Of a person or their behaviour: characterized by the inclination to defend territory or other property in an intolerant or aggressive manner; possessive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > inordinately desirous of possessions

greedya1000

overgreedyOE

avarous1303

covetous1340

concupiscible1398

avaricious1474

silver-sick?a1500

lucrous1511

having1528

lucrative1549

concupiscentious1555

holding1569

griping?1573

concupiscential1577

over-havinga1600

gripulous1614

ingordigious1637

concupitive1651

appropriative1655

lucripetous1675

coveting1699

grasping1747

concupiscenta1834

acquisitive1846

pleonectic1858

big-eye1868

wanting1876

possessive1889

grabby1910

gold-digging1925

territorial1966

1966 R. Ardrey Territorial Imperative iii. 101 That man is a territorial species has been the conclusion of many a scientist.

1973 J. Berryman Recovery (1974) 125 He was less of a loner than he had always supposed—intensely territorial in his aggressions maybe, but also, somewhat, in his self-and Group-protectiveness.

1986 New Statesman 26 Sept. 33/2 Giving the author a chance to play about with..some ropey sexual relationships which seem to be more territorial than amorous.

2009 Irish Independent (Nexis) 28 Nov. Men are more territorial and women more able to accommodate their partners' misdemeanours.

3. Of or belonging to a territory (territory n.¹ 4), esp. one of the former territories of the United States or the former or existing territories of Canada.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction of or areas under specific authorities > [adjective] > of area under federal or external government

territorial1787

1787 Worcester Mag. 3 228/2 The eastern State shall be bounded by the last-mentioned direct line, the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line.

1802 A. Gallatin Let. 13 Feb. in Deb. Congr. U.S. 30 Mar. (1851) 1101 If..it is..the interest of the United States to obtain some further security against an injurious sale, under the Territorial or State laws, of lands sold by them to individuals.

1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana ii. vi. 142 In 1805, it was erected into a territorial government..by the name of the Territory of Louisiana.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xiii. 167 There are also eight Territorial delegates, one from each of the Territories..not yet formed into States.

1935 Chambers's Encycl. II. 703/1 Yukon has a ‘Gold Commissioner’ and an elected territorial council.

1963 J. C. Taylor Polit. Devel. of Tanganyika iii. 38 The Governor, the representative of the Crown in the territorial government of Tanganyika, was appointed by the Crown.

2007 W. F. Freehling Road to Disunion II. xviii. 272 The US Supreme Court decree barred Congress from emancipating territorial slaves.

4. Of or relating to the Territorial Army (Territorial Army n.).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [adjective] > reserve

reserve1655

territorial1910

1910 R. Kipling in Pearson's Mag. Oct. 363/2 That was when we found the Territorial battalion undressin' in slow time. It lay on the left flank o' the Blue Army.

1940 R. Graves & A. Hodge Long Week-end xxvi. 441 Hore-Belisha..called in the Attorney-General, asking him to warn Sandys, who was a Territorial officer,..that he had rendered himself liable to a court martial..for being in possession of confidential data.

1962 M. Hardwick & M. Hardwick Sherlock Holmes Compan. 231 He [sc. Conan Doyle] campaigned incessantly for the better training of Territorial reservists.

2000 D. French Raising Churchill's Army ii. 63 Territorial officers began to attend short courses at Sandhurst, but most could only spare enough time to attend three or four weekend camps each year.

B. n.

1. A member of the Territorial Army; esp. in plural = Territorial Force n. at Compounds, Territorial Army n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > member of Territorial Army

terrier1907

territorial1907

terry1907

1907 Outlook 30 Nov. 706/2 There is nothing to deter the ex-Volunteer from becoming a Territorial.

1914 G. B. Shaw Misalliance 65 Tarleton: Why not join the Territorials?

1948 ‘R. Crompton’ Family Roundabout xxiv. 271 It does them good. Max has lost over a stone since he joined the Territorials.

a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 664 The proposal to disband the Territorials would now naturally be discussed with the Territorial Association.

2009 Times (Nexis) 27 Oct. 20 General Pike said that many Territorials did not even go to their drill halls for training because they were too far away.

2. A member of a reserve or emergency force in any of various armies, esp. (in early use) the French army.

ΚΠ

1916 tr. C. Hennebois In German Hands ii. 45 He is a Territorial, as his badges show.

1920 F. Ponsonby Grenadier Guard in Great War of 1914–18 I. v. 80 It should be explained that Territorials in France are in no way the equivalent of our own; they are all men who have served in the Army, but are over the age of active fighting.

1980 Internat. Jrnl. 35 684 Plans call for an army, including part-time territorials, ultimately numbering 45,000-50,000 as well as a ‘people's militia’.

2008 B. Breen Struggling for Self Reliance 144 There were several more provocations from truckloads of TNI soldiers, territorials and militia overnight.

Compounds

Territorial Force n. now historical the name by which the Territorial Army was officially known from its institution in 1908 until 1920. See Territorial Army n.

ΚΠ

1908 Westm. Gaz. 23 Mar. 7/3 So soon as the Reserves of the Regular Army were called out, the Territorial Force, the second line, should be mobilised to go into war training.

1924 Times 15 Sept. 17/5 Officers who have not previously served as officers in the..Territorial Force, or Territorial Army, will be allowed on first appointment an outfit grant of £40.

2005 G. Sheffield & J. Bourne in D. Haig War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 54 Haldane had played a key role in the preparation of the British Army for war, including the creation of the Territorial Force.

territorial imperative n. (originally in animal behaviour) the need to claim and defend a territory; also figurative and in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > territoriality > need for

territorial imperative1966

1966 R. Ardrey (title) The territorial imperative.

1968 K. Lorenz in Harper's Mag. May 74 The ‘territorial imperative’ does much to explain the causes of war, such as the Arab-Israeli dispute, which I consider almost purely territorial.

1980 ‘C. Aird’ Passing Strange iv. 47 If any one single instinct came to the fore in Superintendent Leeyes it was the territorial imperative.

2010 D. J. Mattson & S. G. Clark in M. Hornocker et al. Cougar 242 If males remain territorial after castration, this indicates the territorial imperative is stronger than the reproductive imperative.

territorial limits n. the limits of a state's territorial waters.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > under jurisdiction of particular country

mare clausum1652

territorial limits1739

territorial sea1800

territorial waters1841

Mare Nostrum1921

1739 Scots Mag. Feb. 75/1 The article for adjusting territorial limits seems to be particularly calculated by Spain.

1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) II. iv. iv. 449 It [sc. the treaty] stipulated for..the conservation of existing territorial limits.

1962 Britannia Bk. of Year 207/2 Many states had declared, unilaterally, the right to exclusive fishing beyond the territorial limits claimed.

1993 B. Farthing Internat. Shipping (ed. 2) iv. 33 Over what zone outside territorial limits (what is called the contiguous zone) have states jurisdiction for the control of health, smuggling or security?

Territorial Regiment n. Military (a) any of the infantry regiments of the British army, each of which, under the scheme of Army reorganization of 1881, was associated in name, depot, etc., with a particular county or locality (now historical); (b) an infantry regiment composed of part-time volunteer soldiers of the Territorial Army (created in 1908).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British

Ulsters1649

Scots Guardsa1675

fusilier1680

guards1682

Scots Dragoons1689

Scots Fusiliers1689

Inniskilling1715

Scots Greys1728

blue1737

Black Watch1739

Oxford blues1766

green linnets1793

Grenadiers1800

slashers1802

the Buffs1806

tartan1817

Gay Gordons1823

cheesemongers1824

Green Jacket1824

The Bays1837

RHA1837

dirty half-hundred1841

die-hard1844

lifeguard1849

cherry-picker1865

lancer-regiment1868

cheeses1877

Territorial Regiment1877

the Sweeps1879

dirty shirts1887

Scottish Rifles1888

shiner1891

Yorkshire1898

imperials1899

Irish guards1902

Hampshires1904

BEF1914

Old Contemptibles1915

contemptibles1917

Tank Corps1917

the Tins1918

skins1928

pioneer corps1939

red devils1943

Blues and Royals1968

U.D.R.1969

1877 York Herald 22 Feb. 5/1 Mr Hardy will prove his mettle when he copes with such difficult questions as ‘territorial regiments’.

1885 Whitaker's Almanack 158 Territorial Regiments of the Line... Arranged alphabetically by the titles directed to be used in official correspondence.

1914 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 Nov. 929 Those who before the war belonged to Territorial regiments had to throw up their practices and give their whole time to military work.

1955 Hansard Commons 8 Mar. 191 That vital element, the volunteers..., who were, so to speak, the back-bone of the Territorial Regiments.

1995 C. Ryan One That Got Away 17 Now it so happened that I was pretty good at this, having done a lot of it with the Territorial Regiment in Germany.

2005 D. French Mil. Identities i. 20 Hence Childers's..hope that by establishing territorial regiments he could create a new and stronger esprit de corps.

territorial sea n. = territorial waters n. (also in plural).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > under jurisdiction of particular country

mare clausum1652

territorial limits1739

territorial sea1800

territorial waters1841

Mare Nostrum1921

1800 C. Robinson tr. Chapters of Consolato del Mare 6 The seigniory, or territorial seas of the country.

1955 Times 2 July 6/4 Passage is innocent as long as the vessel does not use the territorial sea for committing acts prejudicial to the security of the coastal State.

1997 N. Schrijver Sovereignty Over Nat. Resources ii. vii. 203 The maximum width of the territorial sea was a source of controversy until recently.

territorial waters n. the area of sea under the jurisdiction of a state and within a stated distance of the shore (also in singular).The extent of territorial waters is traditionally reckoned as three miles from low-water mark, but has now been extended by many states.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > under jurisdiction of particular country

mare clausum1652

territorial limits1739

territorial sea1800

territorial waters1841

Mare Nostrum1921

1841 J. Dodson in Ld. McNair Internat. Law Opinions (1956) I. x. 334 A free permission to Foreign Fishing Vessels so to use the Ports and Territorial waters of our Coasts, would seem likely to lead to constant evasions and violations of the stipulation which prohibits them from fishing within the Limits.

1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 188 ‘Territorial water’, in its essence means any water over which, or over the entrance to which, the Power possessing the coast can throw shot. Custom has given an arbitrary range of three miles.

1939 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 1/1 Just beyond the three-mile limit of Uruguayan territorial waters, an unidentified British warship and an Argentine patrol boat had earlier been seen.

2006 New Yorker 19 June 59/2 The U.S. and a number of its allies now reserve the right to board, inspect, and interdict, beyond their territorial waters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	territorial
释义	territorialadj.n. Brit. /ˌtɛrᵻˈtɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /ˌtɛrəˈtɔriəl/ Forms: 1600s territoriall, 1600s– territorial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin territorialis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin territorialis of a territory (perhaps 6th cent.) < classical Latin territōrium territory n.¹ + -ālis -al suffix¹.In sense B. 2 originally after French territorial (1916 or earlier). A. adj. 1. a. Of or relating to a particular territory, district, or locality; local. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [adjective] > relating to a particular place regional?a1425 local?c1500 topical1588 territorial1606 topic1610 regionary1654 regionic1871 1606 R. Knolles tr. J. Bodin Six Bks. Common-weale iii. v. 338 How then should it be lawfull vnto the territoriall lord of himselfe to enter or seize vpon lands, the propertie whereof belongeth vnto an other man? 1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 8 Each particular..Church, for speciall and particular and territoriall questions & quærees. 1658 J. Howell Discours of Empire 97 The states of the Empire have also a territorial authority, to change their Religion at plesure. 1747 W. Douglass Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. I. ii. 25 The Hans Towns..are free Towns with a territorial District. 1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (1782) II. 131 The gods..were local and territorial divinities. 1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 4 ‘The Parish’, whether as a mere territorial division or an active Institution, is not ecclesiastical either in origin or in purpose. 1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi iv. 111 Phthie itself is remarkable as the only territorial name, denoting a district of country without reference to a town, which we find in the Greece of Homer north of the Isthmus of Corinth. 1902 C. A. Hanna Scotch-Irish II. 387 It cannot be denied that the great majority of our gentle names are territorial and local. 1958 G. M. Sykes Society of Captives iii. 48 In these terms the social system of the prison is very similar to..a territorial group living under a regime imposed by a ruling few. 2009 Guardian 28 Oct. 29/4 The founding of a..‘mini-church’ in the form of a personal prelature, not a territorial diocese. †b. Scots Law. Of jurisdiction: extending over and restricted to a defined territory. See territory n.¹ 1c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal power > [adjective] > extending over defined territory territorial1748 1748 Defences or Objections for His Majesty's Advocate 3 Feb. 2 A Territorial Jurisdiction cannot subsist without the Territory. 1765–8 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. i. ii. §11 Because this kind of jurisdiction was incident to, and followed the lands or territory to which it was annexed,..it got the name of territorial. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. (at cited word) Territorial Jurisdiction was at one time universal; but, becoming formidable, was repeatedly discouraged by different acts. 1860 Sc. Law Jrnl. 2 66 There was also a Commissary Court of Edinburgh. It..had..a territorial jurisdiction over a certain adjacent territory. c. Scottish. Of, relating to, or constituting an ecclesiastical district rather than a parish. Of a church, minister, etc.: that serves a particular district, esp. a poor and thickly populated one, without regard to the existing parish boundaries. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > territorialism > [adjective] territorial1822 1822 Chalmers Speech Gen. Assembly 24 May Notes 52 The assignation of a territorial district to each chapel. 1838 T. Chalmers Lect. on Establishment & Extension of National Churches 60 It is this peculiar relation between his church, and its contiguous households,..that distinguishes him..as a territorial minister. 1863 A. H. Charteris Life J. Robertson viii. 231 A territorial church furnishes the best of all means for leavening the people. 1873 T. Cochrane Home Mission Work vii. 57 Visiting is a very useful and an essential part of the labours of the Territorial missionary. 1893 W.G. Blaikie After Fifty Years xii. 85 Many a territorial church has been built since then, and much good has been done. 1943 H. Watt Thomas Chalmers & Disruption ix. 128 Here was a field of labour to his hand, where he could prepare the way for a territorial church. 1995 R. D. Andersen Educ. & Sc. People, 1750–1918 iv. 93 Chalmers's territorial idea was copied later, especially by the Free Church. 2. a. Of, belonging to, or relating to territory or land, or the territory under the jurisdiction of a state or ruler. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [adjective] territorial1661 1661 J. Dury Disc. representing Liberty Conscience in P. Pett Disc. concerning Liberty Conscience 97 The pretence of a Territoriall, Episcopal or Patronall right. 1715 F. Grant Law, Relig., & Educ. i. 27 The giving of Lands, and Territorial Commands to Vassals. 1768 R. Wood Ess. Homer (1769) 22 Three other litigated cases with regard to territorial property and dominion. 1798 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1893) XIV. 20 In circumstances like these, accompanied by an actual invasion of our territorial rights, it would be difficult at any time for me to remain an idle spectator. 1835 Times 24 June 2/5 The territorial extent of the ecclesiastical and civil parish. 1876 Daily News 3 Nov. 7/5 The mighty shield of guaranteeing Europe will defend our territorial integrity and our national rights. 1944 Rev. Politics 6 169 There have been also some suggestions concerning eventual territorial recompensations for Poland. 1968 ‘J. Norman’ Priest-kings of Gor 9 They provide a common ground on which territorial and commercial disputes may be amicably resolved. 2004 National Rev. (New Delhi) Oct. 18/2 Because of the historical and territorial facts of the case. b. Of an acquisition, a possession, etc.: consisting of land, esp. as part of an estate.In quot. 1766: of or related to landed property. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [adjective] > real or immovable > consisting of landed property > relating to landed property agrarian1656 territorial1762 1762 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XXXVI. viii. 342 Lorenzo..narrowed his mercantile dealings, and laid out the money he was master of in territorial acquisitions. 1766 tr. V. de Mezague Gen. View Eng. vii. 164 The gross of her territorial income..I fixed at 810 millions sterling. 1823 Ld. Brougham Hansard Commons 15 May 334 Landed property in the West Indies partakes much more of the nature of a hazardous commercial speculation, than of that stable enjoyment of territorial property which characterizes the British landholder. 1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 1 Territorial possessions are too highly prized in England for men lightly to yield even a fraction of such property at a fair value. 1856 T. T. Meadows Chinese & their Rebellions ii. 20 In affairs of succession to landed or territorial property or power the superior and exclusive rights of primogeniture are so much a matter of course with us. 1919 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 2 689 I have been the only Mexican, who..presented to Congress a project of law for the splitting up of territorial property in Mexico. 1951 J. Lees-Milne Tudor Renaissance ii. 11 The nobles, entirely reliant for their affluence upon territorial possessions, protected themselves with huge retinues of..dependents. 1994 T. M. Devine Clanship to Crofter's War v. 63 Between 1820 and 1860 Highland landed families who had held extensive territorial possessions for centuries disappeared from the scene. c. That owns or possesses landed property; landed. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > [adjective] > owning property or interests > owning land landedc1000 well-landed1557 estated1608 territorieda1654 acred1673 territorial?1799 landowning1845 ?1799 Ess. Polit. Society ii. ii. 80 Thus are the territorial aristocracies vested with the appointment of the national Senate. 1839 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 145/2 All the territorial aristocracy would be placed on the same footing, whether Whig or Tory. 1884 Manch. Examiner 25 Mar. 5/1 The preservation of that ascendancy which the territorial class now enjoys. 1916 Living Age Oct.–Nov. 816 The territorial class may change, as it has in the past, but it will go on. 1952 Western Polit. Q. 5 248 The world in which Conservative policy was shaped by territorial magnates..is passing beyond recall. 1991 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 1/3 Number One is reserved for the upper upper class—the heavy swells, the grand nobs, the territorial magnates. d. Zoology. Of or relating to an area or resource defended by an animal or a group of animals against others, esp. those of the same sex or species. Of an animal or species: defending its territory in this way. See also territorial imperative n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [adjective] > territorial territorial1828 the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [adjective] > of area defended by animal territorial1828 1828 G. Ord Wilson's Amer. Ornithol. (new ed.) I. 186 Here also the Blue Jay disappeared; as if the territorial boundaries and jurisdiction of these two noisy and voracious families of the same tribe, had been mutually agreed on. 1856 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds V. 32 The old birds..are very combative among themselves, and extremely tenacious of their territorial rights. 1920 H. E. Howard Territory in Bird Life vi. 228 Do these battles..contribute towards the attainment of the end for which the whole territorial system has been evolved? 1971 Nature 4 June 295/2 A territorial bull establishes himself as supremely dominant within the confines of his territory. 1981 Oxf. Compan. Animal Behaviour 551/1 One benefit of territorial defence is food acquisition. 2001 C. Benard Turning on Girls 57 A nasty yappy territorial male dog tasting the sensation of human affection. e. Of a person or their behaviour: characterized by the inclination to defend territory or other property in an intolerant or aggressive manner; possessive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > inordinately desirous of possessions greedya1000 overgreedyOE avarous1303 covetous1340 concupiscible1398 avaricious1474 silver-sick?a1500 lucrous1511 having1528 lucrative1549 concupiscentious1555 holding1569 griping?1573 concupiscential1577 over-havinga1600 gripulous1614 ingordigious1637 concupitive1651 appropriative1655 lucripetous1675 coveting1699 grasping1747 concupiscenta1834 acquisitive1846 pleonectic1858 big-eye1868 wanting1876 possessive1889 grabby1910 gold-digging1925 territorial1966 1966 R. Ardrey Territorial Imperative iii. 101 That man is a territorial species has been the conclusion of many a scientist. 1973 J. Berryman Recovery (1974) 125 He was less of a loner than he had always supposed—intensely territorial in his aggressions maybe, but also, somewhat, in his self-and Group-protectiveness. 1986 New Statesman 26 Sept. 33/2 Giving the author a chance to play about with..some ropey sexual relationships which seem to be more territorial than amorous. 2009 Irish Independent (Nexis) 28 Nov. Men are more territorial and women more able to accommodate their partners' misdemeanours. 3. Of or belonging to a territory (territory n.¹ 4), esp. one of the former territories of the United States or the former or existing territories of Canada. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction of or areas under specific authorities > [adjective] > of area under federal or external government territorial1787 1787 Worcester Mag. 3 228/2 The eastern State shall be bounded by the last-mentioned direct line, the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line. 1802 A. Gallatin Let. 13 Feb. in Deb. Congr. U.S. 30 Mar. (1851) 1101 If..it is..the interest of the United States to obtain some further security against an injurious sale, under the Territorial or State laws, of lands sold by them to individuals. 1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana ii. vi. 142 In 1805, it was erected into a territorial government..by the name of the Territory of Louisiana. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xiii. 167 There are also eight Territorial delegates, one from each of the Territories..not yet formed into States. 1935 Chambers's Encycl. II. 703/1 Yukon has a ‘Gold Commissioner’ and an elected territorial council. 1963 J. C. Taylor Polit. Devel. of Tanganyika iii. 38 The Governor, the representative of the Crown in the territorial government of Tanganyika, was appointed by the Crown. 2007 W. F. Freehling Road to Disunion II. xviii. 272 The US Supreme Court decree barred Congress from emancipating territorial slaves. 4. Of or relating to the Territorial Army (Territorial Army n.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [adjective] > reserve reserve1655 territorial1910 1910 R. Kipling in Pearson's Mag. Oct. 363/2 That was when we found the Territorial battalion undressin' in slow time. It lay on the left flank o' the Blue Army. 1940 R. Graves & A. Hodge Long Week-end xxvi. 441 Hore-Belisha..called in the Attorney-General, asking him to warn Sandys, who was a Territorial officer,..that he had rendered himself liable to a court martial..for being in possession of confidential data. 1962 M. Hardwick & M. Hardwick Sherlock Holmes Compan. 231 He [sc. Conan Doyle] campaigned incessantly for the better training of Territorial reservists. 2000 D. French Raising Churchill's Army ii. 63 Territorial officers began to attend short courses at Sandhurst, but most could only spare enough time to attend three or four weekend camps each year. B. n. 1. A member of the Territorial Army; esp. in plural = Territorial Force n. at Compounds, Territorial Army n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > member of Territorial Army terrier1907 territorial1907 terry1907 1907 Outlook 30 Nov. 706/2 There is nothing to deter the ex-Volunteer from becoming a Territorial. 1914 G. B. Shaw Misalliance 65 Tarleton: Why not join the Territorials? 1948 ‘R. Crompton’ Family Roundabout xxiv. 271 It does them good. Max has lost over a stone since he joined the Territorials. a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 664 The proposal to disband the Territorials would now naturally be discussed with the Territorial Association. 2009 Times (Nexis) 27 Oct. 20 General Pike said that many Territorials did not even go to their drill halls for training because they were too far away. 2. A member of a reserve or emergency force in any of various armies, esp. (in early use) the French army. ΚΠ 1916 tr. C. Hennebois In German Hands ii. 45 He is a Territorial, as his badges show. 1920 F. Ponsonby Grenadier Guard in Great War of 1914–18 I. v. 80 It should be explained that Territorials in France are in no way the equivalent of our own; they are all men who have served in the Army, but are over the age of active fighting. 1980 Internat. Jrnl. 35 684 Plans call for an army, including part-time territorials, ultimately numbering 45,000-50,000 as well as a ‘people's militia’. 2008 B. Breen Struggling for Self Reliance 144 There were several more provocations from truckloads of TNI soldiers, territorials and militia overnight. Compounds Territorial Force n. now historical the name by which the Territorial Army was officially known from its institution in 1908 until 1920. See Territorial Army n. ΚΠ 1908 Westm. Gaz. 23 Mar. 7/3 So soon as the Reserves of the Regular Army were called out, the Territorial Force, the second line, should be mobilised to go into war training. 1924 Times 15 Sept. 17/5 Officers who have not previously served as officers in the..Territorial Force, or Territorial Army, will be allowed on first appointment an outfit grant of £40. 2005 G. Sheffield & J. Bourne in D. Haig War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 54 Haldane had played a key role in the preparation of the British Army for war, including the creation of the Territorial Force. territorial imperative n. (originally in animal behaviour) the need to claim and defend a territory; also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > territoriality > need for territorial imperative1966 1966 R. Ardrey (title) The territorial imperative. 1968 K. Lorenz in Harper's Mag. May 74 The ‘territorial imperative’ does much to explain the causes of war, such as the Arab-Israeli dispute, which I consider almost purely territorial. 1980 ‘C. Aird’ Passing Strange iv. 47 If any one single instinct came to the fore in Superintendent Leeyes it was the territorial imperative. 2010 D. J. Mattson & S. G. Clark in M. Hornocker et al. Cougar 242 If males remain territorial after castration, this indicates the territorial imperative is stronger than the reproductive imperative. territorial limits n. the limits of a state's territorial waters. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > under jurisdiction of particular country mare clausum1652 territorial limits1739 territorial sea1800 territorial waters1841 Mare Nostrum1921 1739 Scots Mag. Feb. 75/1 The article for adjusting territorial limits seems to be particularly calculated by Spain. 1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) II. iv. iv. 449 It [sc. the treaty] stipulated for..the conservation of existing territorial limits. 1962 Britannia Bk. of Year 207/2 Many states had declared, unilaterally, the right to exclusive fishing beyond the territorial limits claimed. 1993 B. Farthing Internat. Shipping (ed. 2) iv. 33 Over what zone outside territorial limits (what is called the contiguous zone) have states jurisdiction for the control of health, smuggling or security? Territorial Regiment n. Military (a) any of the infantry regiments of the British army, each of which, under the scheme of Army reorganization of 1881, was associated in name, depot, etc., with a particular county or locality (now historical); (b) an infantry regiment composed of part-time volunteer soldiers of the Territorial Army (created in 1908). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British Ulsters1649 Scots Guardsa1675 fusilier1680 guards1682 Scots Dragoons1689 Scots Fusiliers1689 Inniskilling1715 Scots Greys1728 blue1737 Black Watch1739 Oxford blues1766 green linnets1793 Grenadiers1800 slashers1802 the Buffs1806 tartan1817 Gay Gordons1823 cheesemongers1824 Green Jacket1824 The Bays1837 RHA1837 dirty half-hundred1841 die-hard1844 lifeguard1849 cherry-picker1865 lancer-regiment1868 cheeses1877 Territorial Regiment1877 the Sweeps1879 dirty shirts1887 Scottish Rifles1888 shiner1891 Yorkshire1898 imperials1899 Irish guards1902 Hampshires1904 BEF1914 Old Contemptibles1915 contemptibles1917 Tank Corps1917 the Tins1918 skins1928 pioneer corps1939 red devils1943 Blues and Royals1968 U.D.R.1969 1877 York Herald 22 Feb. 5/1 Mr Hardy will prove his mettle when he copes with such difficult questions as ‘territorial regiments’. 1885 Whitaker's Almanack 158 Territorial Regiments of the Line... Arranged alphabetically by the titles directed to be used in official correspondence. 1914 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 Nov. 929 Those who before the war belonged to Territorial regiments had to throw up their practices and give their whole time to military work. 1955 Hansard Commons 8 Mar. 191 That vital element, the volunteers..., who were, so to speak, the back-bone of the Territorial Regiments. 1995 C. Ryan One That Got Away 17 Now it so happened that I was pretty good at this, having done a lot of it with the Territorial Regiment in Germany. 2005 D. French Mil. Identities i. 20 Hence Childers's..hope that by establishing territorial regiments he could create a new and stronger esprit de corps. territorial sea n. = territorial waters n. (also in plural). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > under jurisdiction of particular country mare clausum1652 territorial limits1739 territorial sea1800 territorial waters1841 Mare Nostrum1921 1800 C. Robinson tr. Chapters of Consolato del Mare 6 The seigniory, or territorial seas of the country. 1955 Times 2 July 6/4 Passage is innocent as long as the vessel does not use the territorial sea for committing acts prejudicial to the security of the coastal State. 1997 N. Schrijver Sovereignty Over Nat. Resources ii. vii. 203 The maximum width of the territorial sea was a source of controversy until recently. territorial waters n. the area of sea under the jurisdiction of a state and within a stated distance of the shore (also in singular).The extent of territorial waters is traditionally reckoned as three miles from low-water mark, but has now been extended by many states. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > under jurisdiction of particular country mare clausum1652 territorial limits1739 territorial sea1800 territorial waters1841 Mare Nostrum1921 1841 J. Dodson in Ld. McNair Internat. Law Opinions (1956) I. x. 334 A free permission to Foreign Fishing Vessels so to use the Ports and Territorial waters of our Coasts, would seem likely to lead to constant evasions and violations of the stipulation which prohibits them from fishing within the Limits. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 188 ‘Territorial water’, in its essence means any water over which, or over the entrance to which, the Power possessing the coast can throw shot. Custom has given an arbitrary range of three miles. 1939 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 1/1 Just beyond the three-mile limit of Uruguayan territorial waters, an unidentified British warship and an Argentine patrol boat had earlier been seen. 2006 New Yorker 19 June 59/2 The U.S. and a number of its allies now reserve the right to board, inspect, and interdict, beyond their territorial waters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1606
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