† heretochyn.
Obsolete. rare.
The territory ruled by a heretoga.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > territory governed by a ruler or state
demesnea1387
principalitya1398
territory?a1439
dominationc1440
statea1500
dominion1512
dition1542
heretochy1587
domain1601
sovereignty1715
possession1797
daimiote1870
ealdormanry1870
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) i. vii. 16/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Northumberland..was onlie gouerned by earls as Heretoches as an Heretochy.
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) i. vii. 16/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Kent..was made an earledome or Heretochie.., Athelstane his sonne, being the first Earle or Heretoch of the same.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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- south central
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- south devon
- south end
- south equatorial current
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