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squiredom|ˈskwaɪədəm|
[f. squire n. + -dom. Cf. esquiredom.]
1. The dignity, position, or status of a squire.
1650B. Discollim. 34 The utmost title we must now expect, is a Gentleman; it may be if we straine hard, we may hap to vent a few Squiredomes. 1838Lytton Alice iv. x, I suppose you have been enjoying the sweet business of a squiredom. 1842FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 88, I always direct to you as ‘Mr. Barton’ because I know not if Quakers ought to endure Squiredom. 1897Ld. H. Tennyson Mem. Tennyson I. v. 138 His son Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt pressed to be installed in the squiredom.
2. The body of squires; squires collectively.
1842Blackw. Mag. LI. 147 Groves, pheasantries, pineries, and the other fine things of modern squiredom. 1847Ibid. LXI. 424 He never hunted..with the squiredom of the country. 1874L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. i. 17 That tall..man..was an indubitable stranger, far removed from the ranks of ordinary squiredom. |