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township

• 1a † n. Maritimes, Hist. an early land division of approximately six square miles.

  See also: settlement (def. 1b)  

• 1b † n. the administration of such a settlement, considered as a corporate body.

• 2a n. Ont. and Que., Hist. a large unorganized or partly organized frontier area established primarily for judicial purposes.

  See also: district (def. 1)  

• 2b n. Ont. and Que. one of the subdivisions of a county.

  See also: county  

• 2c n. Ont. and Que. the municipality of such an area, considered as a corporate body.

• 3 n. West a land-survey division comprising thirty-six sections (def. 2) of one square mile each.

  See also: section (def. 2)