MARCHES
\mˈɑːt͡ʃɪz], \mˈɑːtʃɪz], \m_ˈɑː_tʃ_ɪ_z]\
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An old English term for boundaries or frontiers, particularly the boundaries and limits between England and Wales, or between England and Scotland, or the borders of the dominions of the crown, or the boundaries of properties in Scotland. Mozley & Whitley.
By Henry Campbell Black
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[A.S.] The borders or frontiers of any district ; especially applied to the boundaries between England and Scotland and between England and Wales. Marquis, Markgraf, and other similar titles were = governors of Marches. So Earl of March, i.e. of the Welsh Marches. ; where, in the Middle Ages, considerable authority was exercised by Marchers, petty kings. Hence to march with. An estate marches with another when they have a common boundary.
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[A.S.] The eastern provinces of the Papal States (q.v.), from Rimini to the Tronto, about 110 miles along the Adriatic.
By Henry Percy Smith
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