Definition of shrievalty in English:

shrievalty

nounPlural shrievalties ˈʃriːv(ə)ltiˈʃrivəlti

historical

The office, jurisdiction, or tenure of a sheriff.
Example sentencesExamples
- This connection ensured that Stephen received a number of important, and lucrative, appointments, and Lancashire was simply one of a number of shrievalties he held at the same time.
- It was ordained by 28 Edward I that the people shall have election of sheriff in every shire where the shrievalty is not of inheritance.
- Moreover, the combined salaries of the three wardens or lieutenants was now less than £400 per annum, and much of this was recouped by reviving the ancient practice of farming the shrievalties.
- Philip's conduct of his shrievalty included robbery, false arrest and persistent attacks on local landed interests, both secular and ecclesiastical…
- The generalisation of a contemporary writer was that, ‘everything was for sale, powers, lordships, earldoms, shrievalties, castles, towns, manors, and suchlike’ was indeed not far from the truth.

Definition of shrievalty in US English:

shrievalty

nounˈSHrēvəltēˈʃrivəlti

historical

The office, jurisdiction, or tenure of a sheriff.
Example sentencesExamples
- The generalisation of a contemporary writer was that, ‘everything was for sale, powers, lordships, earldoms, shrievalties, castles, towns, manors, and suchlike’ was indeed not far from the truth.
- This connection ensured that Stephen received a number of important, and lucrative, appointments, and Lancashire was simply one of a number of shrievalties he held at the same time.
- Philip's conduct of his shrievalty included robbery, false arrest and persistent attacks on local landed interests, both secular and ecclesiastical…
- Moreover, the combined salaries of the three wardens or lieutenants was now less than £400 per annum, and much of this was recouped by reviving the ancient practice of farming the shrievalties.
- It was ordained by 28 Edward I that the people shall have election of sheriff in every shire where the shrievalty is not of inheritance.

单词	shrievalty
释义	Definition of shrievalty in English: shrievalty nounPlural shrievalties ˈʃriːv(ə)ltiˈʃrivəlti historical The office, jurisdiction, or tenure of a sheriff. Example sentencesExamples This connection ensured that Stephen received a number of important, and lucrative, appointments, and Lancashire was simply one of a number of shrievalties he held at the same time. It was ordained by 28 Edward I that the people shall have election of sheriff in every shire where the shrievalty is not of inheritance. Moreover, the combined salaries of the three wardens or lieutenants was now less than £400 per annum, and much of this was recouped by reviving the ancient practice of farming the shrievalties. Philip's conduct of his shrievalty included robbery, false arrest and persistent attacks on local landed interests, both secular and ecclesiastical… The generalisation of a contemporary writer was that, ‘everything was for sale, powers, lordships, earldoms, shrievalties, castles, towns, manors, and suchlike’ was indeed not far from the truth. Definition of shrievalty in US English: shrievalty nounˈSHrēvəltēˈʃrivəlti historical The office, jurisdiction, or tenure of a sheriff. Example sentencesExamples The generalisation of a contemporary writer was that, ‘everything was for sale, powers, lordships, earldoms, shrievalties, castles, towns, manors, and suchlike’ was indeed not far from the truth. This connection ensured that Stephen received a number of important, and lucrative, appointments, and Lancashire was simply one of a number of shrievalties he held at the same time. Philip's conduct of his shrievalty included robbery, false arrest and persistent attacks on local landed interests, both secular and ecclesiastical… Moreover, the combined salaries of the three wardens or lieutenants was now less than £400 per annum, and much of this was recouped by reviving the ancient practice of farming the shrievalties. It was ordained by 28 Edward I that the people shall have election of sheriff in every shire where the shrievalty is not of inheritance.
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