territory /terˈə- or terˈi-tə-ri, -tri/

1. Possessions in land
2. The whole, or a portion, of the land belonging to a state
3. (also with cap) part of a confederation with an organized government but not yet admitted to statehood
4. (also with cap) a dependency
5. A region
6. A jurisdiction
7. A field of activity
8. Domain
9. An area in which an agent, commercial traveller, etc works
10. An area that an animal or bird treats as its own
11. The area defended by a team or player (sport)

territoˈrial adjective

1. Constituting, concerned with or relating to territory
2. Limited or restricted to a particular territory
3. (esp of an animal, bird, etc) inclined to establish its own stretch of territory and defend it

A soldier in the Territorial Army

territoˈrialism noun

1. A social system in which the landowning class is dominant
2. Organization on a territorial basis
3. The theory of church government according to which the civil power is supreme over the church
4. Territoriality

territōˈrialist noun

territorialˈity noun

1. Territorial status
2. An animal's or bird's tendency to establish and defend its own territory

territorializāˈtion or territorialisāˈtion noun

territoˈrialize or territoˈrialise transitive verb

1. To make a territory of
2. To make territorial
3. To put on a territorial basis
4. To enlarge (a country) by adding more territory

territoˈrially adverb

terrˈitoried adjective

Having territory

Territorial Army noun

The name (1920–67, and from 1979) of the voluntary military force organized on a territorial basis, founded in 1908 as the Territorial Force, and known (1967–79) as the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve

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