parliamentary burgh

noun

A burgh whose boundaries, as first fixed in 1832, were adopted for municipal purposes, with regard to which they stand practically in the same position as royal burghs.

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Meanings

nounparliamentary burgh (plural parliamentary burghs)

plural parliamentary burghs

  1. ScotlandhistoricalA burgh whose boundaries, as first fixed in 1832, were adopted for municipal purposes, with regard to which they stand practically in the same position as royal burghs.
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