Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a burgh: as, burghal government.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Belonging to a burgh.
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- adjective Relating to a
burgh .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I chose to study Scottish History for a while at uni, and found myself learning for the first time about things like the wars of independence, Malcolm Canmore, the feudal and burghal systems.
The Classroom Battle of Bannockburn Jeff 2009
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Burghal Bread - a wonderfully moist wholemeal bread due to the inclusion of soaked burghal, the crust a visual delight in it's coating of sesame seeds.
Archive 2006-10-01 Haalo 2006
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Cracked wheat is another name, though not entirely accurate - it can also be called bulgur, bulgar, bulger, bulghur or burghal.
Archive 2006-09-01 Haalo 2006
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Cracked wheat is another name, though not entirely accurate - it can also be called bulgur, bulgar, bulger, bulghur or burghal.
Burghul Bread Haalo 2006
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Burghal Bread - a wonderfully moist wholemeal bread due to the inclusion of soaked burghal, the crust a visual delight in it's coating of sesame seeds.
World Bread Day Haalo 2006
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Despite identity of usage at Dover and Reading on the subject of the stake, it would be pardonable to conclude that in those times of difficult communication there existed a great diversity of burghal laws, entailing considerable inconvenience and hardship, especially in the case of those engaged in trade.
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If it had occurred to any of the burghal authorities, it had only provoked the reflection that Jock would most likely be discussing a pint or two at
Patsy 1887
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Exemption from burghal taxes was also granted to a gentleman who built the first house in Princes Street.
James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885
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After the Act for the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in 1748 the portion of Auchterarder strictly burghal ceased to have titles completed in the burgage form.
Chronicles of Strathearn John Hunter 1883
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Not only is there thus evidence of Auchterarder being assessed in dues and exercising the privileges of a Royal Burgh, but, what is of more importance, as showing its burghal character, is, that there are three separate precepts of Parliament -- in 1570, 1581, and 1600 -- summoning
Chronicles of Strathearn John Hunter 1883
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