soke

[ sohk ]

/ soʊk /

noun Early English Law.

the privilege of holding court, usually connected with the feudal rights of lordship.

a district over which local jurisdiction was exercised.

Origin of soke

1250–1300; Middle English <Anglo-Latin soca<Old English sōcn attack, right of prosecution, jurisdiction (see soken); akin to sake¹, seek

Words nearby soke

soilure, soiree, Soissons, soixante-neuf, sojourn, soke, sokeman, sokemanry, soken, Sokoto, Sokotra

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Example sentences from the Web for soke

Such is the best explanation that we can give of the men who sell their soke with their land.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland
St Mary has not enfeoffed these thegns; but by some royal grant she has two-thirds of the soke over them.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland
It is taken from one Manor alone, the great 'soke' of Eadwulfsness, in the north-east corner of the county.
Feudal England -- Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries|J.H. Round
The free man is the freer if he has soke and sake, if he has jurisdiction over other men.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland

And so of certain free men in Norfolk it is said that their soke is in the hundred for the third penny.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland

British Dictionary definitions for soke

soke

/ (səʊk) /

noun English legal history

the right to hold a local court

the territory under the jurisdiction of a particular court

Word Origin for soke

C14: from Medieval Latin sōca, from Old English sōcn a seeking; see seek

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单词	soke
释义	soke [ sohk ] / soʊk / noun Early English Law. the privilege of holding court, usually connected with the feudal rights of lordship. a district over which local jurisdiction was exercised. Origin of soke 1250–1300; Middle English <Anglo-Latin soca<Old English sōcn attack, right of prosecution, jurisdiction (see soken); akin to sake¹, seek Words nearby soke soilure, soiree, Soissons, soixante-neuf, sojourn, soke, sokeman, sokemanry, soken, Sokoto, Sokotra Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for soke Such is the best explanation that we can give of the men who sell their soke with their land. Domesday Book and Beyond\|Frederic William Maitland St Mary has not enfeoffed these thegns; but by some royal grant she has two-thirds of the soke over them. Domesday Book and Beyond\|Frederic William Maitland It is taken from one Manor alone, the great 'soke' of Eadwulfsness, in the north-east corner of the county. Feudal England -- Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries\|J.H. Round The free man is the freer if he has soke and sake, if he has jurisdiction over other men. Domesday Book and Beyond\|Frederic William Maitland And so of certain free men in Norfolk it is said that their soke is in the hundred for the third penny. Domesday Book and Beyond\|Frederic William Maitland British Dictionary definitions for soke soke / (səʊk) / noun English legal history the right to hold a local court the territory under the jurisdiction of a particular court Word Origin for soke C14: from Medieval Latin sōca, from Old English sōcn a seeking; see seek Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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