Antonyms for township


Grammar : Noun
Spell : toun-ship
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtaʊn ʃɪp


Definition of township

Origin :
  • Old English tunscipe "inhabitants or population of a town." Applied in Middle English to "manor, parish, or other division of a hundred." Specific sense of "local division or district in a parish, each with a village or small town and its own church" is from 1530s; as a local municipal division of a county in U.S. and Canada, first recorded 1685.
  • As in area : noun region, district
  • As in municipality : noun city
  • As in territory : noun domain, region
  • As in town : noun incorporated community
Example sentences :
  • The neighborhood, the township, and the world had been snowed in.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • The township of Cleveland, of the county of Trumbull, was organized in 1800.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • There are a door and two windows, the latter having been bought at the township.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • He's the chairman here, and he has township chairmen appointed for every township.
  • Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet
  • This admiration and regard has extended to the fair daughters of the township.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • And he then goes on to show the advantages of the New England township.
  • Extract from : « The Farmer and His Community » by Dwight Sanderson
  • The school board administers the affairs of all the schools in the township.
  • Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
  • We have telegraphed his description to the police of every township up and down the land.
  • Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad
  • But the family or the township has also other objects of worship.
  • Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies
  • His best girl was the township champion looker, Luella Thickins.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

Synonyms for township

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