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erenaghies

erenaghies is the plural 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

Questions about erenaghies

What is erenaghies the plural of?
Erenaghies is the plural of erenaghy.

Words near erenaghies in the dictionary

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

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