township

township Definition

town·ship (to̵un′s̸hip)

noun

Historical in England, a parish or division of a parish, as a unit of territory and administration
in parts of the U.S. and Canada, a division of a county, constituting a unit of local government with administrative control of local schools, roads, etc.
in New England, town (sense )
a unit of territory in the U.S. land survey, generally six miles square, containing 36 mile-square sections, and sometimes, but not necessarily, coextensive with a governmental township
in South Africa, a segregated, nonwhite area in or just outside a city

Etymology: ME tunscipe < OE, people living in a tun: see town & -ship

township Synonyms

town, town government, rural community, precinct; see government 1.

township Usage Examples

Converse of object

crofting: Most of the population live in crofting townships on the west coast.
fortify: This demographic chance was counterbalanced by the rise of some settlements to fortified townships.
comprise: The Union comprises 34 townships, of which 19 are in Yorkshire.
neighbor: Ramsey Abbey thus obtained Slepe, including the neighboring townships of Woodhurst and Old Hurst, which were included in the Soke of Slepe.
surround: However, there are plenty of options in surrounding townships as well as in Athens itself.
contain: The sub-district bears the name of West Leigh, and contains the townships of West Leigh and Pennington.

Preposition: in

Adjective modifier

crofting: By the mid 1800s, Brae had emerged as a crofting township on the east shore of Busta Voe.
South: Welcome to a movie premiere in a South African township.
African: Welcome to a movie premiere in a South African township.
picturesque: Travel from the coastal sugar fields high into the Atherton Tablelands to the picturesque township of Kuranda.
joint: Blennerhasset village, and joint township with Kirkland, stands on the banks of the river Allen 9, seven miles S.W. of Wigton.
medieval: Maybe spend the day in the medieval townships or get into the San Fermin atmosphere at the camp's bar.

Modifies a noun

workhouse: A township workhouse also operated at Over Darwen, at the western end of what is now Police Street.
parish: This will also help identify churches in nearby townships and/or parishes.
boundary: In addition to forming the present parish boundary, Whin Beck was also the township boundary of Normanton.
and/or: This will also help identify churches in nearby townships and/or parishes.
school: Education in township schools has come to be considered inferior, thereby entrenching exclusion.

Noun used with modifier

crofting: The whole intact primitive crofting township is designated an Ancient Monument.
farming: Certainly in the 16th century Eilean Mor provided shelter to the houses and barns of a farming township.

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