单词 | ringildry |
释义 | ringildryn. historical. Chiefly in medieval and early modern Wales: the position or office of a sergeant or bailiff; = ringild n. 1, ringildship n. In later use: or the region administered by a sergeant or bailiff.In quot. 1708 (perhaps by confusion) applied to the office-holder. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > official who executes orders of court > office of spec. ringildship1438 ringild1483 ringildry1483 1483 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1483 §13. m. 14 Turnes of shirrefs, counties, ringildries..within the seid countee of Cumberland. 1708 Cowell's Law Dict. sig. Zzv/1 Ringildre, a kind of Bayliff or Serjeant. 1911 Eng. Hist. Rev. 26 366 The maenols were converted into some corresponding mediaeval division of the lordship—in Bromfield and Yale into ringildries. 2002 S. Adams Leicester & Court xiii. 258 Leicester..was also granted the commote or ringildry of Dinmael,..and continued the long-established practice of leasing it as a separate manor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1483 |
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