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outpart en · NOUN

Etymology

From out + part.

Meanings

1. An outlying part.
   • supply the Biſhop's Jurisdiction and other Judicial Offices in the out-Parts of his Diocess 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:
   • But I find Mr. Grant much mistaken in his account about the number of inhabitants in the outparts; perhaps it was from the rebuilding of the city with houses more capacious and more in number. 1811, James Peller Malcolm, Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London, page 282:

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