Port Royal

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a village in southern South Carolina, on Port Royal island: colonized by French Huguenots 1562.

a historic town on southeastern Jamaica at the entrance to Kingston harbor: a former capital of Jamaica.

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Words nearby Port Royal

portraiture, portray, portrayal, portrayed, portress, Port Royal, port running, Port Said, Port-Salut, portside, Portsmouth

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How to use Port Royal in a sentence

He is expected to spend the next few days closeted with lawyers and advisers at his home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor Great Park.
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But Sarah Ferguson still lives in the family home, Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, when she is in the U.K.
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The Royal Family has benefited hugely from the American blood in its veins.
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His keepers fed the beast copious amounts of port, Champagne, and whiskey to pacify the persnickety pachyderm.
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Houston has the largest medical center in the world, and the largest export port in the entire country.
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The experience of the Jesuit fathers at Port Royal is related at length, from their own point of view.
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They were never refused, for their recipients looked upon them much in the light of a royal command.
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At the port of Cavite is a parochial church, which ministers to over three thousand souls.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
A royal decree (December 31, 1622) orders the Dominicans in the Philippines not to meddle in affairs of government.
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In Paris, Joachim soon found that the royal road to success lay in denouncing loudly all superior officers of lack of patriotism.
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British Dictionary definitions for Port Royal

Port Royal

noun

a fortified town in SE Jamaica, at the entrance to Kingston harbour: capital of Jamaica in colonial times

the former name (until 1710) of Annapolis Royal

(French pɔr rwajal) an educational institution about 27 km (17 miles) west of Paris that flourished from 1638 to 1704, when it was suppressed by papal bull as it had become a centre of Jansenism. Its teachers were noted esp for their work on linguistics: their Grammaire générale et raisonnée exercised much influence

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