Islip

[ ahy-slip ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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Next to this is the chapel where Abbot Islip used to lie in solitary splendour, before the vaults were invaded by other coffins.

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The cottages were white as snow, and thatched as at Islip; but instead of vegetable-gardens they all had orchards.

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Hillstoke church was only twelve years old, and the tithes of the place went to the parson of Islip.

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