The land or district lying round a city or town and under its jurisdiction; spec. = territorium, n. Also: the land attached to a temple, monastery…

†A city or corporation possessing such immunity (obsolete); the district over which the immunity extends; the liberties (see liberty, n.1 6c). Now…

A district subject to a particular jurisdiction. Now chiefly historical. In England and Ireland: an area of local administration distinct from…

Land, territory. Cf. territory, n.1 1a. Obsolete.

= territory, n.1 1.

The territory belonging to or associated with a city or town. Now rare (historical in later use).

A liberty (liberty, n.1 6c(a)) that extends around a castle, abbey, or similar, usually for about a league.

Each of various administrative divisions of a country. Obsolete. rare.

The area of land surrounding and within the boundaries of a Roman city, municipium, etc., and under its jurisdiction. Also more generally: the…