Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In parts of America settled by Spaniards, a geographical division of a province; the district of a corregidor.
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Examples
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It has four offices of alcalde-mayor, which is the same thing as a corregimiento -- namely those of La
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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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They are the alcaldia-mayor of Zubu, which is the principal office in the province; the corregimiento of the islands of Leyte, Camar, and Babao; and the corregimiento of Botuan, which is the portion of the island of Mindanao that used to be peaceful.
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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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Balayan and Bonbon, twenty leguas from Manila; the corregimiento of
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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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El docente José Jair Valencia Agudelo, profesor del colegio Crisanto Luque del corregimiento Samaria, municipio de Filadelfia, norte de Caldas, fue baleado en la mañana del jueves 26 de febrero por dos sicarios en moto cuando se desplazaba desde su sitio de residencia hacia su lugar de trabajo.
Anarkismo.net 2009
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Cuatro delincuentes, entre ellos una mujer de tez negra que usaba frenos, se introdujeron con arma de fuego en mano a la residencia 117G de Villa Cáceres, en el corregimiento de Betania, preguntando a la propietaria por un dinero.
Panama Guide 2009
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Aprovecharon que era domingo para robarse unos 122 mil dólares del casino del Hotel Granada, localizado en el corregimiento de Bella Vista.
Panama Guide 2009
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El docente José Jair Valencia Agudelo, profesor del colegio Crisanto Luque del corregimiento Samaria, municipio de Filadelfia, norte de Caldas, fue baleado en la mañana del jueves 26 de febrero por dos sicarios en moto cuando se desplazaba desde su sitio de residencia hacia su lugar de trabajo.
Anarkismo.net 2009
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