Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or jurisdiction of an alcalde.
- noun The building where an alcalde transacts the business of his office.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The jurisdiction or office of an alcalde; also, the building or chamber in which he conducts the business of his office.
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Examples
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The alcaldia-mayor of Caseres, which is ordinarily called the alcaldia-mayor of Camarines, because Caseres is the capital of the province, and has jurisdiction over the larger and better part of it; the corregimiento of Ybalon, which is at the mouth of the channel; and the corregimiento of the island of Catanduanes, which is also near the same channel mouth.
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These are, the corregimiento of Panay and Aclan, the rivers and principal settlements of the island; the corregimiento of the island of Negros, which is included in the district of Panay; the alcaldia-mayor of the town of Arebalo (commonly called the alcaldia-mayor of Otong) and including the purveyorship -- the best and most important office of that province.
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Here is a picture of the inside of the alcaldia I will be working with.
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Onoria works at the alcaldia with me and Sandy and Oswaldo are students.
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I guess yesterday 28 people from the alcaldia mayors office thing, including my counterpart, were let go because they supported the autonomia for santa cruz.
Adventures in Bolivia Gina 2008
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I guess yesterday 28 people from the alcaldia mayors office thing, including my counterpart, were let go because they supported the autonomia for santa cruz.
Archive 2008-06-01 Gina 2008
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Mindoro and Baco, twenty-five leguas from Manila -- which, although it is itself an island, is a division of this province for judicial and religious administration; the alcaldia-mayor of Calilaya, forty leguas from Manila; the corregimiento of Masbate, an island fifty leguas, or a little more, from Manila, between this island [of Luzon] and the Pintados.
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The alcaldia-mayor of the Parian or alcayzeria of the Chinese; the alcaldia-mayor of the coast near this city, its capital being the town of Tondo; the alcaldia-mayor of the Lake of Manila, ordinarily called Laguna de Bay; the alcaldia-mayor of Bulacan and Calumpite, one of the two alcaldias of Panpanga; the alcaldia-mayor of Panpanga, which includes the rest of the province; the alcaldia-mayor of
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There is in this province only one judicial office, the alcaldia-mayor of Ilocos.
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There is only one judicial office in this province, namely, the alcaldia-mayor of Pangasinan.
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