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Alsatia
[ al-sey-shuh ]
noun
- name formerly given to the Whitefriars district in London, England, which was a sanctuary for debtors and lawbreakers.
- ancient name of Alsace.
Alsatia
/ æˈɪʃə /
noun
- the ancient name for Alsace
- an area around Whitefriars, London, in the 17th century, which was a sanctuary for criminals and debtors
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"Known, you mean? I should hope so. It's where I was born and raised. Alsatia, we call it."
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Examples discussed earlier in this series include Alsatia and Zomia, see this previous post.
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Alas! said the traveller, harassed as I am, I want nothing but a bed.———I have one as soft as is in Alsatia, said the host.
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The place was filled with tobacco smoke and the sickly odor of anisado, which was, however, no great disadvantage, since the natural reek of a Spanish Alsatia is more unpleasant still.
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Bertha's Black Box is the title of a new Serial Story, by a popular and prolific writer, to be commenced in an early number of Alsatia.
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