burghal

Definitions

Relating to a burgh or borough.

UK, not-comparable

Examples

“In Scotland, parishes are either burghal, i.e. those comprised wholly within a burgh royal; landward, those forming a rural district; or mixed, i.e. a burgh with a rural district attached.”

“There is a pleasant smell⟳ of cooking about, and a hum of compact and contented life. Add⟳ the excitement of an election, and you have⟳ that busy burghal hive which is the basis of all human society—a snug little commune intent on its own⟳ affairs, a world which for the moment owes allegiance to no other.”

“It is true that Frome is not called a borough, nor are burgesses recorded for it, but the payment of the ‘third penny’ suggests burghal status […]”

CEFR level