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Cinque-ports: group of sea-ports (orig. five) situated on the south-east coast of England, in ancient times furnishing the chief part of the English navy, in return for which they had many privileges and franchises H8 IV. i. 49; used for ‘barons of the Cinque-ports’ H8 IV. i. (Order of the Coronation) “A canopy borne by four of the ”
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