transmarine

Example Sentences

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Such intelligence the Hebridians probably receive from their transmarine correspondents. 

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel

He was the first to carry out on a large scale those plans of transmarine colonization whose inception was due to the Gracchi.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

The Abbey of Lessay had transmarine jurisdiction and the right of presentation to the Priory of Boxgrove and other endowments in the diocese of Chichester.

From Brittany & Its Byways by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

An oath was required from the bishops, who were assembled at Carthage, that they would support the succession of his son Hilderic, and that they would renounce all foreign or transmarine correspondence.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 by Milman, Henry Hart

There are many instances of the desirableness and the necessity of the transmarine steam post on important lines of foreign communication where we have a large trade, and yet no postal means of conducting it.

From Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post by Rainey, Thomas