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131Baron of the Cinque Ports — Cinque Ports Cinque Ports [Cinque + port.] (Eng. Hist.) Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and… …
132Basilic — Ba*sil ic, Basilical Ba*sil ic*al, a. [See {Basilica}.] 1. Royal; kingly; also, basilican. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein… …