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City
The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain (Gen. 4:17). After t...

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city
n. In Great Britain and Ireland the word City denotes «a considerable town that has been,(a) an epi...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Reserve city
·add. ·- In the national banking system of the United States, any of certain cities in which the nat...

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City Chambers
See New City Chambers. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
City Companies
The successors of the old Guilds (q.v.). Their privileges as Livery Companies were confirmed by an ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
City Ditch
See Houndsditch. ...

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City Greenyard
On the east side of Whitecross Street at No. 18 (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without. Form...

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City Mortuary
See Sun Alley1, Golden Lane. ...

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city college
Newgate. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Farinaceous City
or Village n. aplayful name for Adelaide. The allusion is to wheat being theleading export of South...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Holy City
n. a nickname for Adelaide. See Farinaceous City. 1875. R. and F. Hill, `What we Saw in Australia,...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
David, City of
1) David took from the Jebusites the fortress of Mount Zion. He "dwelt in the fort, and called it th...

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Destruction, City of
(Isa. 19:18; Heb. Ir-ha-Heres, "city of overthrow," because of the evidence it would present of the ...

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City Carlton Club
On the east side of St. Swithin Lane, at Nos. 24-27 (P.O. Directory). In Walbrook Ward. The City Con...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
City Police Office
On the West side of Old Jewry at No. 26 (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward. First mention: "P...

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New City Chambers
On the west side of Bishopsgate. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O.S.). First mention: Lockie, 1810. F...

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New City Club
On the east side of George Yard, Lombard Street. In Langbourn Ward (O.S.). Site now occupied by off...

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Old City Chambers
See Crosby Hall Chambers. ...

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Pivot City, The
a nickname for Geelong. 1860. W. Kelly, `Life in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 160[Footnote]: «The Pivot C...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
David, City Of
[Jerusalem] ...

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Salt, City Of
the fifth of the six cities of Judah which lay in the "wilderness." (Joshua 15:62) Mr. Robinson expr...

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Adam, the city of
Is referred to in Josh. 3:16. It stood "beside Zarethan," on the west bank of Jordan (1 Kings 4:12)....

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Salt, The city of
One of the cities of Judah (Josh. 15:62), probably in the Valley of Salt, at the southern end of the...

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Arms of the City
Argent, plain cross gules, in the dexter chief canton a sword erect in pale of the second. Crest : ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
City of London Brewery
On the south side of Cannon Street at No. 89 (P.O. Directory). There seems to have been a brewhouse...

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City of London Club
On the east side of Old Broad Street, at No. 19 (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward. Erected 183...

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City of London College
On the north side of White Street, Moorfields, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Directory). An edu...

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City of London School
At the east end of the Victoria Embankment, east of John Carpenter Street, in Farringdon Ward Withou...

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Ferm of the City (King's)
Mentioned in will of John de Pulteneye, 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. 610). The fee farm rent paid to the Crown...

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Gates of the City
According to Stow these were originally four in number, Aldgate, Aldersgate, Ludgate, and Bridgegate...

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Warden of the City
Appointed by the King from time to time in place of the Mayor, when the City had incurred his disple...

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Palm trees, The city of
The name given to Jericho (q.v.), Deut. 34:3; Judg. 1:16; 3:13. ...

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City of London, Artizans' Dwellings
Artizan Street, Gravel Lane. These dwellings are on the east side of Artizan Street, between Artiza...

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City Union Relief Registration Office
On the western side of Bartholomew Close, at No. 61, south of the Church of St. Bartholomew the Grea...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.