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constablery

constablery is the obsolete form of constabulary.

Meaning of constabulary

Noun

constabulary (countable and uncountable, plural constabularies)

  1. A police force.
  2. The police in a particular district or area.
    • […] the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and perhaps had spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XLIV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 361

See all 4 meanings of constabulary

Forms of constablery

pluralconstableries

Origin of constablery

From constable + -ry.

Questions about constablery

What is constablery the obsolete form of?
Constablery is the obsolete form of constabulary.

Words near constablery in the dictionary

  1. constable
  2. Constable Burton
  3. Constable country
  4. constabled
  5. constableries
  6. constablery
  7. constables
  8. constableship
  9. constableships
  10. Constablesque
  11. constabless

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