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Alsatia

[ al-sey-shuh ]

noun

  1. name formerly given to the Whitefriars district in London, England, which was a sanctuary for debtors and lawbreakers.
  2. ancient name of Alsace.


Alsatia

/ æˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. the ancient name for Alsace
  2. an area around Whitefriars, London, in the 17th century, which was a sanctuary for criminals and debtors
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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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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