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erenachy

erenachy is the alternative form of erenaghy.

Meaning of erenaghy

Noun

erenaghy (plural erenaghies)

  1. (Ireland) the office of erenagh
    • If the clan in which the erenaghy was vested became extinct, the bishop could not keep the lands in his own hands but must instal a new erenagh family1973 Kenneth Nicholls, Gaelic and Gaelicised Ireland in the Middle Ages, Gill and Macmillan, ISBN 7171 0561 X p.113

Forms of erenachy

pluralerenachies

Questions about erenachy

What is erenachy the alternative form of?
Erenachy is the alternative form of erenaghy.

Words near erenachy in the dictionary

  1. eremurus
  2. eremuruses
  3. erenach
  4. erenachies
  5. erenachs
  6. erenachy
  7. erenagh
  8. erenaghies
  9. erenaghs
  10. erenaghy
  11. erenaghys

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