Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A township; the fact of constituting a borough or township.
- noun The condition of being security for the good behavior of neighbors; frank-pledge.
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Examples
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Old Sarum, retains even now its beautiful old cathedral, its Palazzo Pretorio, and its acknowledged claims to ancient boroughship.
Science in Arcady Grant Allen 1873
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