单词 | aldermanry |
释义 | aldermanryn. Now chiefly historical. 1. The position or office of alderman; = aldermanship n. Also: aldermen collectively. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > alderman > position of aldermanry1384 aldermanshipc1450 aldermanity1631 aldermancy1845 aldermanate1854 1384 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 26 (MED) Wher-for it was cast al redy of officers bothe for the mairalte, aldermanries, & shirreuehod. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xijv/2 From ye office of aldyrmanry vtterly and percysly to cessen. 1646 R. Butcher Surv. & Antiq. Stamford vi. 21 He then sweares the second company to be ayding and assisting unto him in all things that appertain to the Aldermanry. 1776 C. Seymour New Surv. Kent 224 The Dungeon belonged anciently to the Chiche Family, who were Proprietors of the Aldermanry of Burgate. 1841 H. Smith Moneyed Man I. viii. 250 The city assembly, the vulgar, untitled balls of the Aldermanry. 1895 Standard 25 Sept. 6/4 It was resolved to ascertain the views of the Senior Alderman..as to whether he would accept the sinecure Aldermanry. 1925 C. L. Kingsford Prejudice & Promise v. 118 On 13th October Thomas Cooke was restored to his aldermanry, and was present at the election of the new mayor on that day. 1995 E. Miller & J. Hatcher Medieval Eng. vi. 360 In 1320 Robert Kelsey was toppled from his aldermanry by the ‘commune’ who blamed him for the heavy taxes it had to bear. 2. A district of a borough having its own alderman; a ward, esp. a ward in the City of London. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > administrative division of borough, town, or city ward1377 liberty1455 overward1485 out-parish1577 aldermanry1598 city ward1640 in-parisha1676 out-ward1701 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 82 The Auncient diuision of this Citie, was into Wardes, or Aldermanries. 1608 T. Dekker Dead Tearme sig. F4v Those Diuisions or Partages [of London] are called Wardes, or Aldermanries, being 26 in number. 1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 32 A Perambulation shall be made through all her Precincts, Aldermanries and Wards, as far as the point of the Lord Mayors Sword doth reach. 1714 J. Ayliffe Antient & Present State Univ. Oxf. I. 110 By a Grant, the Aldermen did, twice a Year, hold a Court-Leet in their Wards, or Aldermanries. 1842 ‘P. Pindar’ London Legends I. 161 I am a broker's man, sir, and have lived twenty years in your aldermanry. 1906 W. Hudson Rec. City of Norwich I. Introd. p. lxxiv It was out of that status that they developed into Aldermanries after the middle of the fifteenth century. 1929 Eng. Hist. Rev. 44 199 Canterbury seems to have converted its ‘borghs’ into aldermanries..in direct imitation of London. 2000 S. R. Jones in J. Bothwell et al. Probl. Labour Fourteenth-Cent. Eng. viii. 136 In the larger boroughs and cities..the town was divided into several wards..known by a variety of names—aldermanries, quarters, leets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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