Alsatia

English Etymology Named for the region of en Alsace, a region outside legislative and juridical lines. More at Alsatia. Proper noun en historical slang An area lying north of London's River Thames, once privileged as a sanctuary and thus known as a refuge for criminals. It spanned from the Whitefriars monastery to the south of the west end of Fleet Street and adjacent to the Temple. en w:Sir Walter Scott XVI The Fortunes of Nigel Edinburgh 1822 Whitefriars, adjacent to the Temple, then well known by the cant name of Alsatia, had at this time, and for nearly a century afterwards, the privilege of a sanctuary[.] en w:George Eliot VIII The Mill on the Floss Edinburgh William Blackwood and Sons 1860 Maggie always appeared in the most amiable light at her aunt Moss’s; it was her Alsatia, where she was out of the reach of law[.] Anagrams en aaailst Salaita en History of the United Kingdom Latin la: Pronunciation no Proper noun Alsatia<1> la Medieval Latin la Alsace Q1142 la 1608 Principum Christianorum Stemmata https://books.google.com/books?id=W8FRAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR27-IA6 XXVII Theodoricvs Alſaticus filius primogenitus Theodorici Egisheimenſis Comitis Alſatiæ […] Declension Alsatia<1.loc> Derived terms la Alsaticus Alsatiēnsis Descendants 1 ca Alsàcia 1 en Alsace 1 el Αλσατία 1 it Alsazia 1 frm Alsace 1 pl Alzacja 1 pt Alsácia 1 es Alsacia