Cinque Ports


() Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places.



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Cinque   Cinque Ports   Cinque-pace   Cinque-spotted   Cinquecentist   Cinquecento   Cinquefoil  


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