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DORNOCH , a royal' and See also:

POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

burgh and See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

SUTHERLANDSHIRE

Sutherlandshire, See also:

Scotland. Pop. (1901) 624. It lies on the See also:

north See also:

SHORE

shore of Dornoch See also:

Firth, an See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of the North See also:

Sea, 74 M. S.S.E. of See also:

MOUND

Mound station on the Highland railway by See also:

LIGHT

light railway. Its dry and bracing See also:

CLIMATE

climate and See also:

FINE

fine See also:

GOLF (in its older forms GOFF, GOUFF or GOWFF, the last of which gives the genuine old pronunciation)

golf course have brought it into See also:

GREAT

great repute as a See also:

HEALTH

health and See also:

HOLIDAY

holiday resort. Before the See also:

Reformation it was the see of the bishopric of See also:

CAITHNESS

Caithness and See also:

SUTHERLAND, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Sutherland. The See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral, built by See also:

Bishop See also:

Gilbert de See also:

MORAVIA (Ger., Ma/wen; Czech, Morava)

Moravia (See also:

MORAY

Moray) (d. 1245), the last See also:

SCOT, MICHAEL (? 1175-1232)

Scot enrolled in the See also:

CALENDAR

Calendar of Scottish See also:

SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints, was damaged by See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1570, during the See also:

RAID

raid of the See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

Master of Caithness and See also:

Mackay of Strathnaver, and afterwards neglected till 1837, when it was restored by the 2nd See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Sutherland, and has since been used as the See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

church. Noticeable for its high roof, See also:

low See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower and See also:

DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf See also:

SPIRE

spire, the church consists of an aisleless See also:

NAVE

nave, See also:

CHANCEL (through O. Fr. from Lat. plur. cancelli, dim. of cancer, grating, lattice, probably connected with an Indo-European root Kar-, to bend; cf. circus, curve, &c.)

chancel (adorned with See also:

CHANTREY, SIR FRANCIS LEGATT (1782-1841)

Chantrey's statue of the 1st duke) and transepts. It is the burying-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the Sutherland See also:

FAMILY

family and contains the remains of sixteen earls. Of the See also:

ancient See also:

castle, which was also the bishop's See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, only the See also:

west tower exists, the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the structure having been destroyed in the out-rage of '570.

The county buildings adjoin it. Dornoch became a royal burgh in 1628, and, as one of the See also:

WICK

Wick burghs, returns a member to See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament. It was the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the last See also:

EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution for See also:

WITCHCRAFT

witchcraft in Scotland (1722). At Embo, 2 M. N.N.E., a See also:

MODERN

modern palace.

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