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Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations proper noun: former official name of Rhode Island.

rhode island and providence plantations: former official name of Rhode Island
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Proper noun

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

  1. Former official name of Rhode Island
    • In 1663 July 8. Charles 2d. granted an ample Charter, whereby the Province was made "a Body Corporate and Politick, in Fact & Name, by the Name of the Governour and Company of the Engliſh Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations in New-England in America." This Charter we enjoy to this...1739, John Callender, An Historical Discourse on the Civil and Religious Affairs of the Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations in New-England in America., →OCLC, page 46
    • Sec. 9. All commissions shall be in the name and by authority of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ; shall be sealed with the State seal, signed by the Governor and attested by the Secretary.1842, “Article Eighth. Of the Executive Power.”, in Constitution of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Providence, RI: Knowles & Vose, →OCLC, page 14

Origin of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

From Rhode Island + and + Providence Plantations. Coined by English Baptist theologian and author Roger Williams.

Questions about Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

What does Rhode Island and Providence Plantations mean?
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations means former official name of Rhode Island.
What part of speech is Rhode Island and Providence Plantations?
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is a proper noun.

Words near Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in the dictionary

  1. rhodation
  2. rhoddies
  3. rhoddy
  4. Rhode
  5. Rhode Island
  6. Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
  7. Rhode Island dressing
  8. Rhode Island Red
  9. Rhode Island Reds
  10. Rhode Island sauce
  11. Rhode Island White

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