burgh
(in Scotland) an incorporated town having its own charter and some degree of political independence from the surrounding area.
Archaic. borough.
Origin of burgh
1Other words from burgh
- burgh·al [bur-guhl], /ˈbɜr gəl/, adjective
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How to use burgh in a sentence
But we must keep these ancient boroughs well apart from any royal manors which the king has newly raised to burghal rank.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandThere has come down to us in a sadly degenerate form a document which we shall hereafter call The Burghal Hidage.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandMarkets are being held and market-tolls are being taken in many vills which are not of burghal rank.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandThis is proved by The Burghal Hidage of which we spoke above, p. 187, and shall speak again hereafter.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandIn Gloucestershire is Gloucester, but Winchcombe also asserts its burghal rank.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William Maitland
British Dictionary definitions for burgh
/ (ˈbʌrə) /
(in Scotland) a town, esp one incorporated by charter, that enjoyed a degree of self-government until the local-government reorganization of 1975
an archaic form of borough (def. 1)
Origin of burgh
1Derived forms of burgh
- burghal (ˈbɜːɡəl), adjective
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