churchtown
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
In the southwest of England, a hamlet or village distinguished by being the location of a parish church.
British usage
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Example Sentences
- "Zennor Churchtown"
- "Attached to a house in the churchtown is a tablet inscribed thus:— […]"
- "About half a mile Southwest of the churchtown is Tredrea, the seat of the Rev. Edward Giddy."
- "Like many Cornish fishing villages, Gorran is in two parts: a cluster of cottages and houses built around the harbour, and higher inland a 'churchtown', where the streets are broader, the houses bigger and the smell of fish (in the past) less invasive."
- "Former name: Penns Neck"
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Usage
- British usage