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aldermanity

aldermanity noun: the condition of being an alderman.

Noun

aldermanity (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being an alderman.
    • How would certain topics, as aldermanity, cuckoldry, have sounded to a Terentian auditory, though Terence himself had been alive to translate them? Senator urbanus, with Curruca to boot for a synonime, would but faintly have done the business.1833, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “[Popular Fallacies.] VIII. That Verbal Allusions Are Not Wit, Because They Will Not Bear a Translation.”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon...
    Synonyms:
    aldermancy

Synonyms of aldermanity

Origin of aldermanity

From alderman + -ity.

Questions about aldermanity

What does aldermanity mean?
Aldermanity means the condition of being an alderman.
What part of speech is aldermanity?
Aldermanity is a noun.

Words near aldermanity in the dictionary

  1. aldermaness
  2. aldermanesses
  3. aldermanic
  4. aldermanical
  5. aldermanite
  6. aldermanity
  7. aldermanlike
  8. aldermanly
  9. aldermanries
  10. aldermanry
  11. Aldermans

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