Islip

[ ahy-slip ]

noun
  1. a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.

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How to use Islip in a sentence

  • About the same number we find when Mr. Islip took the pastoral charge of this people in 1831.

  • A central tower was also contemplated by Islip, who never carried out his project.

    Westminster Abbey | Mrs. A. Murray Smith
  • Next to this is the chapel where Abbot Islip used to lie in solitary splendour, before the vaults were invaded by other coffins.

    Westminster Abbey | Mrs. A. Murray Smith
  • The cottages were white as snow, and thatched as at Islip; but instead of vegetable-gardens they all had orchards.

    The Woman-Hater | Charles Reade
  • Hillstoke church was only twelve years old, and the tithes of the place went to the parson of Islip.

    The Woman-Hater | Charles Reade