the office of sheriff, its jurisdiction, and term of office
sheriffalty in American English
(ˈʃerɪfəlti)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
shrievalty
Word origin
[1510–20; alter. of shrievalty by influence of sheriff]This word is first recorded in the period 1510–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: impersonal, recess, regression, torpedo, waistcoat