"burghal" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From burgh + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|burgh|al}} burgh + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} burghal (not comparable)
  1. (UK) Relating to a burgh or borough. Wikipedia link: burgh Tags: UK, not-comparable Derived forms: extraburghal
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          "text": "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.",
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