Islip
[ ahy-slip ]
noun
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.
Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire | Thomas ColemanA central tower was also contemplated by Islip, who never carried out his project.
Westminster Abbey | Mrs. A. Murray SmithNext 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 SmithThe cottages were white as snow, and thatched as at Islip; but instead of vegetable-gardens they all had orchards.
The Woman-Hater | Charles ReadeHillstoke church was only twelve years old, and the tithes of the place went to the parson of Islip.
The Woman-Hater | Charles Reade
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