"local" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- I think this one belongs to the local laird's son,' he said, flipping the lacy jabot.
- Burial inside the church was discouraged, causing some consternation among local lairds who wished to be buried with their ancestors.
- The traditional story is that sheriff Melville had made himself very unpopular with the local lairds by too strict an adherence to his jurisdiction.
- This has been seen as a reaction against the oligarchical nature of the established kirk, which was dominated by local lairds and heritors.
- It is said that many years ago the local laird tried to prevent the local people from using the well.
- The reformed Kirk gave considerable power to local lairds, who often had control over the appointment of the clergy.
- The hall of the local laird used to witness the hogmanay of the sack.
- Robert Fergushill died in the late 17th-century and was the last of the family to be local lairds.
- In the 18th century ownership of the glen passed to local lairds.
- In return for a barrel of butter per year, they gained permission from the local laird to hunt the seals on it.
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