Definition of soke in English:

soke

noun səʊksōk

British historical

1A right of local jurisdiction.
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1888 the soke of Peterborough, which retained special jurisdictions, was given its own county council, and in 1965 was merged with Huntingdonshire, before finding its way in 1972 into a substantially enlarged Cambridgeshire.
- Maud, William the Conqueror's queen, held the town and soke as part of the king's demesne.
1. 1.1 A district under a particular jurisdiction; a minor administrative district.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Clear parallels can be drawn between the soke and the Northumbrian shire, yet they were not made because, according to Stenton, the soke was Danish.
  A royal estate served, in turn, as an administrative centre for a cantref, a territory including numerous townships, analogous to the English soke or primitive ‘shire’.
  The larger sokes covered wide areas and berewicks and sokelands could be either whole or parts of a village.
  For this reason the five hide units were combined in some regions into districts of 300 hides, which were called ship sokes.
  The private sokes of Stigand and Harold, however, gradually disappeared when cathedral, castle and Mancroft were raised on the sites of the sokes.
  Synonyms
  territory, region, province, district, area, zone

Origin

Late Old English, back-formation from obsolete soken 'habitual visiting of a place'.

Rhymes

awoke, bespoke, bloke, broke, choke, cloak, Coke, convoke, croak, evoke, folk, invoke, joke, Koch, moke, oak, okey-doke, poke, provoke, revoke, roque, smoke, soak, spoke, stoke, stony-broke (US stone-broke), stroke, toke, toque, woke, yoke, yolk

Definition of soke in US English:

soke

nounsōk

British historical

1A right of local jurisdiction.
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1888 the soke of Peterborough, which retained special jurisdictions, was given its own county council, and in 1965 was merged with Huntingdonshire, before finding its way in 1972 into a substantially enlarged Cambridgeshire.
- Maud, William the Conqueror's queen, held the town and soke as part of the king's demesne.
1. 1.1 A district under a particular jurisdiction; a minor administrative district.
  Example sentencesExamples
  For this reason the five hide units were combined in some regions into districts of 300 hides, which were called ship sokes.
  Clear parallels can be drawn between the soke and the Northumbrian shire, yet they were not made because, according to Stenton, the soke was Danish.
  The private sokes of Stigand and Harold, however, gradually disappeared when cathedral, castle and Mancroft were raised on the sites of the sokes.
  The larger sokes covered wide areas and berewicks and sokelands could be either whole or parts of a village.
  A royal estate served, in turn, as an administrative centre for a cantref, a territory including numerous townships, analogous to the English soke or primitive ‘shire’.
  Synonyms
  territory, region, province, district, area, zone

Origin

Late Old English, back-formation from obsolete soken ‘habitual visiting of a place’.

单词	soke
释义	Definition of soke in English: soke noun səʊksōk British historical 1A right of local jurisdiction. Example sentencesExamples In 1888 the soke of Peterborough, which retained special jurisdictions, was given its own county council, and in 1965 was merged with Huntingdonshire, before finding its way in 1972 into a substantially enlarged Cambridgeshire. Maud, William the Conqueror's queen, held the town and soke as part of the king's demesne. 1.1 A district under a particular jurisdiction; a minor administrative district. Example sentencesExamples Clear parallels can be drawn between the soke and the Northumbrian shire, yet they were not made because, according to Stenton, the soke was Danish. A royal estate served, in turn, as an administrative centre for a cantref, a territory including numerous townships, analogous to the English soke or primitive ‘shire’. The larger sokes covered wide areas and berewicks and sokelands could be either whole or parts of a village. For this reason the five hide units were combined in some regions into districts of 300 hides, which were called ship sokes. The private sokes of Stigand and Harold, however, gradually disappeared when cathedral, castle and Mancroft were raised on the sites of the sokes. Synonyms territory, region, province, district, area, zone Origin Late Old English, back-formation from obsolete soken 'habitual visiting of a place'. Rhymes awoke, bespoke, bloke, broke, choke, cloak, Coke, convoke, croak, evoke, folk, invoke, joke, Koch, moke, oak, okey-doke, poke, provoke, revoke, roque, smoke, soak, spoke, stoke, stony-broke (US stone-broke), stroke, toke, toque, woke, yoke, yolk Definition of soke in US English: soke nounsōk British historical 1A right of local jurisdiction. Example sentencesExamples In 1888 the soke of Peterborough, which retained special jurisdictions, was given its own county council, and in 1965 was merged with Huntingdonshire, before finding its way in 1972 into a substantially enlarged Cambridgeshire. Maud, William the Conqueror's queen, held the town and soke as part of the king's demesne. 1.1 A district under a particular jurisdiction; a minor administrative district. Example sentencesExamples For this reason the five hide units were combined in some regions into districts of 300 hides, which were called ship sokes. Clear parallels can be drawn between the soke and the Northumbrian shire, yet they were not made because, according to Stenton, the soke was Danish. The private sokes of Stigand and Harold, however, gradually disappeared when cathedral, castle and Mancroft were raised on the sites of the sokes. The larger sokes covered wide areas and berewicks and sokelands could be either whole or parts of a village. A royal estate served, in turn, as an administrative centre for a cantref, a territory including numerous townships, analogous to the English soke or primitive ‘shire’. Synonyms territory, region, province, district, area, zone Origin Late Old English, back-formation from obsolete soken ‘habitual visiting of a place’.
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