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Holyrood
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An abbey founded at Edinburgh in 1128 by David I., and dedicated in honour of the Holy Cross, a casket of gold shaped like a cross brought to the country by St. Margaret in 1070; a palace was afterwards attached, which became the chief seat of the Scottish sovereigns of the Stuart dynasty; the parks around were at one time a sanctuary for debtors.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Holyrood'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/holyrood.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Holyrood'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/holyrood.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
