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Definition of Settlements

1. settlement [n] - See also: settlement

Lexicographical Neighbors of Settlements

Literary usage of Settlements

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Twentieth Century by Caroline Farrar Ware (1908)
"The origin of settlements was very simple. A new sense of brotherhood, an awakened consciousness of our responsibility for the well- being of the community, ..."

2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1896)
"ENGLISH AND SCOTCH settlements. BY DR. W. CALDWELL. The English and Scottish settlements have now become an institution of the country. ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1763)
"Their settlements in Peru, Chili, Paraguay, and Rio de la Plata. IV. Their settlements in Terra Firma. Of the different Countries in South-America ..."

4. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"(3) The law of settlements.—The law of settlements may ... settlements by parentage, being the settlement of one's father or mother: all legitimate children ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"But free settlements would multiply, and would be normal schools for the ... It is to be remembered that there are no such settlements in Western Africa ..."

6. The German Element in the United States with Special Reference to Its by Albert Bernhardt Faust (1909)
"Kercheval,' the historian of the Valley of Virginia, long ago called attention to the large Pennsylvania German settlements in the Shenandoah Valley, ..."

7. Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin by University of Wisconsin (1908)
"... the nearby townships there were scattered German settlements.27 German communities were scattered here and there along the Illinois river before 1850. ..."

8. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"Music school settlements. David Mannes of .New York. CD Leupp. ... Value of music school settlements in cities. N. Curtis. Craftsman. 21: 283-9. D. '11. ..."

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