| 单词 | staff land |
| 释义 | > as lemmasStaff Land Staff Land n. now historical (the name of) certain land in the Isle of Man.Staff lands are recorded as having existed in the parishes of Maughold and Patrick; they were once held by lay families who acted as the hereditary custodians of the pastoral staffs of their patron saints (see sense 5b). [Compare post-classical Latin terra de baculo with reference to land in the Isle of Man (1231, in a copy of c1600).] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [noun] > districts of England > district Isle of Man staff-land1890 1712 Agreement in G. Bray Rec. Convocation I. (2005) (modernized text) 141 The tenants of the staffland of Kirk Maughold hereafter named. a1883 R. Sherwood Manx Law Tenures (1899) 16 The Staff Lands consist of a few small parcels in Maughold containing about 200 acres. 1995 N. Mongan Menapia Quest iv. 79 The ‘Staff Lands’ were originally granted to the clan charged with the care of St. Maughold's Staff which was paraded by them in Saints Day processions or at the Tynwald Court (Manx Parliament). < as lemmas |
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